Tifinagh
E28394
Tifinagh is an ancient and modern script used primarily to write Berber (Amazigh) languages across North Africa.
Aliases (6)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abjad
→
alphabet → writing system → |
| associatedWith |
Amazigh cultural revival
→
Berber nationalism → |
| derivedFrom | ancient Libyco-Berber script → |
| encodedInUnicodeSince | Unicode 4.1 → |
| hasApproximateNumberOfLetters | 30 → |
| hasCharacterType |
consonant letters
→
vowel markers → |
| hasDiacritics | yes → |
| hasUnicodeBlock |
Tifinagh
→
surface form: "Tifinagh Unicode block"
|
| hasVariant |
Tifinagh
→
surface form: "IRCAM Tifinagh"
Tifinagh →
surface form: "Neo-Tifinagh"
traditional Tuareg Tifinagh → |
| ISO15924Code | Tfng → |
| officialStatusIn | Morocco → |
| officialUseFor | Standard Moroccan Amazigh → |
| scriptCategory | consonantal alphabet → |
| scriptFamily |
Tifinagh
→
surface form: "Libyco-Berber script"
|
| standardizationCountry | Morocco → |
| standardizedBy | IRCAM → |
| timePeriod |
ancient
→
modern → |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+2D30–U+2D7F → |
| usedBy |
Berbers
→
surface form: "Amazigh people"
Tuareg →
surface form: "Tuareg people"
|
| usedFor |
Central Atlas Tamazight
→
surface form: "Tamazight language"
Tarifit language → Tashelhit language → Berber languages →
surface form: "Tuareg languages"
cultural identity → education → inscriptions → signage → writing Amazigh languages → writing Berber languages → |
| usedIn |
Algeria
→
Mali → Morocco → Niger → North Africa → |
| usedOn |
banknotes and coins in Morocco
→
public buildings in Morocco → |
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
→
right-to-left → top-to-bottom → |
| writingSystemType | consonant-based script → |
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Tifinagh letter yaz"
this entity surface form: "Tifinagh Unicode block"
this entity surface form: "Neo-Tifinagh"
this entity surface form: "IRCAM Tifinagh"
this entity surface form: "Libyco-Berber script"
this entity surface form: "Tifinagh (Tuareg script)"