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The Igdalen (var.: Igdalan, Agdal) are a Berber people living in northwestern Niger and parts of Mali and Algeria.〔(Tagdal A language of Niger ) in Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'', Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.〕 They speak Tagdal, a ''Mixed-Berber'' or Northern Songhai language. The Igdalen are closely related to Dawsahak people of eastern Mali and the Sawaq of Ingal in Niger, with whom they share very similar language. Culturally, the Igdalen are often considered a Tuareg faction. In the past they have formed a sub-confederation with the Kel Fadey, Kel Ferwan and others in the Kel Ayr Tuareg confederation or ''Drum Group''.〔Edmond Bernus, Suzanne Bernus. (Du sel et des dattes: introduction à l'étude de la communauté d'In Gall et de Tegidda-n-tesemt ). ''Etudes Nigeriennes'', 31. Centre nigérien de recherches en sciences humaines, 1972. OCLC 248836480〕 There are an estimated 27,000 Igdalen,〔 and are centered on Tanout and Tchin Tabaraden in northern Niger, although seasonal transhumance with livestock take them well north and south.〔 Igdalen are Muslim, and have previously been a Marabout (religious) and herding caste within Tuareg society.〔 The Igdalen do not form a single political or tribal group, but factions are through recent history attached to at least two aristocratic Tuareg tribes. These include the Kel Ferwan ''Immuzurag'' and ''Ikherkheren''.〔 In the Ingal area, the Igdalen are divided into two additional tribes, the ''Kel Tofey'' and the ''Kel Amdit''.〔 The Igdalen are believed to have been among the first Berber people to move into the area, before large Tuareg groups migrated from the 11th to the 16th centuries CE. It is believed that Igdalen came to the Niger river valley from Morocco by the 11th century, moving up towards the Aïr Mountains.〔James Stuart Olson. 'Igdalen' in ''The peoples of Africa: an ethnohistorical dictionary''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996 ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8 p. 238〕 ==See also== *Dawsahak people *Tuareg people 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Igdalen people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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