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===Languages===
[[File:Kidal.jpg|thumb|right|Bilingual traffic sign<br />(left side in [[Tifinagh]]: "kdl")]]

The languages of Northern Mali include [[Hassaniya Arabic]], [[Fulfulde]] and [[Songhay languages|Songhay]], [[Tamashek]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=mali|title=Languages of Mali|publisher=Ethnologue.com|access-date=6 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429183429/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Mali|archive-date=29 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=heath>{{Cite book|last=Heath|first=Jeffrey|title=A Grammar of Koyra Chiini: the Songhay of Timbuktu|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG|year=1999|location=Berlin|pages=4–5 |isbn=9783110162851|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93ar5YZt6SEC&q=koyra+chiini+timbuktu }}</ref> French, though not spoken natively, is widely used as a lingua franca, as well as negotiations with the government of Mali and foreign affairs.