Note 6 — Chapter I · PREHISTORIC RACE MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA

It is more correct to spell this tribal name Tawareq, the plural of Tarqi, “a raider.” But the modern pronunciation of this Arab term (it is unknown to the Berbers themselves) is “Tuareg.” Wherever in this book q is used in transliterating African words it stands for the faucal “k” of the Arabs and other Semites, a guttural which is more commonly pronounced as a g in North Africa.