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SCRIPTA · TIFINAGH
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
01OVERVIEW

Front Matter

SCRIPT · PROFILE

Tifinagh

Ancient script of the Berber (Amazigh) peoples of North Africa.

ⴰ ⴱ ⴲ ⴳ ⴴ ⴵ ⴶ ⴷ
Era
Ancient
Region
Africa
System
Alphabet
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
55
Status
Active
Ancient script of the Berber (Amazigh) peoples of North Africa. Derived from the Libyan script (3rd century BC), tens of thousands of rock inscriptions survive in the Sahara. The 2011 Moroccan constitution officially recognized Amazigh language and adopted Tifinagh as its official script. The Tuareg people have maintained this script for millennia, with women historically serving as its primary custodians. Today the Unicode-standardized IRCAM Tifinagh is used digitally.
04SPECIMEN

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+2D30–U+2D7F
Total signs55
In Unicode59
Unicode Blocks
Tifinagh
2D30 – 2D7F
59 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS

Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Left to right; direction was traditionally free.
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Phoenician
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

TamazightTamasheqKabyle

Countries

MoroccoAlgeriaMaliNigerLibya
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