Tamashek ko Tamasheq nau'ikan Tuareg ne na ƙasar Mali, yare ne na Berber da ake amfani da shi ta hanyar macro wanda yawancin kabilun makiyaya ke faɗin ko'ina cikin Arewacin Afirka a Algeria, Mali, Niger, da Burkina Faso . Tamasheq yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan nau'o'in Abzinawa, sauran sune Tamajaq da Tamahaq . Ana magana da Tamashek galibi a kasar Mali, musamman a yankin tsakiyar ta da suka hada da Timbuktu, Kidal, da Gao . Hakanan wasu ƙananan jama'a ke magana da shi a Burkina Faso. Ya zuwa shekarar 2014, kusan mutane 500,000 ke magana da Tamashek, 378,000 daga cikinsu 'yan Mali ne. Rayuwar Abzinawan ta kasance cikin barazana a karnin da ya gabata, saboda canjin yanayi da rikice-rikicen siyasa, musamman tawayen Larabawa da Azbinawa a shekarar 1990 zuwa shekarar 1995 a kasar Mali wanda ya haifar da tsabtace Buzayen cikin kabilanci. ramuwar gayya da gudun hijira Tamashek a halin yanzu an sanya shi a matsayin yare mai tasowa (5), wani ɓangare saboda ci gaban da gwamnatin Malin ke yi na inganta harshen; a halin yanzu ana karantar dashi a ilimin jama'a, tun daga makarantun firamare har zuwa ajin karatun manya.