01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Tifinagh
Ancient script of the Berber (Amazigh) peoples of North Africa.
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 · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
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.
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System
Alphabet
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
08REACH