Note 338 — Chapter XI

“Ag Ali” = son of ’Ali. The ’ain in Arabic when transliterated by the Tuareg becomes gh, and ’Ali, ’Osman, ’Adullah, etc., become Ghali, Ghosman, Ghabdullah, etc. The gh in Temajegh is so strongly grasseyé (as the French term the sound), as to be very nearly an R. It is consequently very often transliterated with this letter instead of ’ain. The Ag ’Ali tribe is therefore very often referred to as the Dag Rali or Dag Ghali, the prefixed D being grammatical.