CURRENT PROJECT: Tuareg dictionary Sahara: Collected wisdom of the Tuareg (Dictionary in two volumes) Hans Ritter Dictionary on the language and culture of the Tuareg Alqamus Talmant – Tamahaq – Tamashaq – Tamajeq Volume I: Tuareg – French – German Elementary dictionary with an introduction to the culture, language, script and dialect distribution Volume 2: German-Tuareg Comprehensive dictionary of the main Tuareg dialects with a description of the phonology, grammar and verb system and an annotated bibliography. In collaboration with Karl-G. Prasse Despite numerous studies on the Tuareg there was hitherto a lack of a supra-regional dictionary for general use. Hans Ritter, a specialist in tropical medicines and ethnographer, has now published a dictionary in two volumes of the dialects spoken today in Algeria, Libya, Niger, Mali and Burkina-Faso. He has compiled two complementary dictionaries which are in principle independent but which have a