Tidikelt is spoken in the northwest of Tamanrasset Province, including in In Salah District.
Tidikelt Tamazight is part of the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family.
The northern region of Africa was, at one point in history, was primarily inhabited by Berbers.
However, when the Muslims invaded and took over the northern region of Africa, they spread the Arabic language, which eventually led to the diminished use of Tidikelt Tamazight.
There are Tidikelt Tamazight speakers also found in Western Sahara, Morocco and Tunisia.