Tifinagh

Also known as Tuareg script, Tuareg alphabet, Tfng

Tifinagh (Tuareg Berber language: ; Neo-Tifinagh: ; Berber Latin alphabet: ; ) is a script used to write the Berber languages. Tifinagh is descended from the ancient Libyco-Berber alphabet. The traditional Tifinagh, sometimes called Tuareg Tifinagh, is still favored by the Tuareg people of the Sahara desert in southern Algeria, northeastern Mali, northern Niger, and northern Burkina Faso for writing the Tuareg languages. Neo-Tifinagh is an alphabet developed by the Berber Academy by adopting Tuareg Tifinagh for use for Kabyle; it has been since modified for use across North Africa.

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Tifinagh is an ancient script descended from the Libyco-Berber alphabet that is used to write Berber languages across North Africa. The script exists in traditional and modern forms, with the traditional version still used by Tuareg people in the Sahara, while a modernized version called Neo-Tifinagh has been adapted for wider use across the region.

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Key facts

Writing system.type: Alphabet
Writing system.name: Neo-Tifinagh
Writing system.languages: Standard Moroccan Berber and other Northern Berber languages
Writing system.time: 1970 to present
Writing system.fam1: ? Egyptian hieroglyphs
Writing system.fam2: ? Proto-Sinaitic script
Writing system.fam3: ? Phoenician alphabet
Writing system.fam4: Libyco-Berber alphabet
Writing system.children: Neo-Tifinagh (20th century)
Writing system.sample: Tifinagh Rendered.svg
Writing system.caption: "Tifinagh" written in Neo-Tifinagh.
Writing system.note: none
Writing system.iso15924: Tfng
Writing system.unicode: U+2D30–U+2D7F (with Neo-Tifinagh additions)
Writing system.fam5: Tifinagh (Tuareg Tifinagh)

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Commons category: Tifinagh
Commons gallery: Tifinagh
Unicode range: U+2D30-2D7F
name: Tifinagh
native label: ⵜⴼⵉⵏⵗ
inception: 0500-00-00

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Contents

Etymology
Libyco-Berber
Saharan Tifinagh
Tuareg Tifinagh
Orthography
Neo-Tifinagh
Development
Efforts to promote Tifinagh
Political history
Modern use
Other modifications
Letters
Tuareg Tifinagh letters
Neo-Tifinagh letters
Unicode
References
Bibliography
External links

Tifinagh is one of three major competing Berber orthographies alongside the Berber Latin alphabet and the Arabic alphabet. Tifinagh is the official script for Tamazight, an official language of Morocco and Algeria. Outside of symbolic cultural uses, Latin remains the dominant script for writing Berber languages throughout North Africa.