tifinagh

script

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association with Amazigh languages

  • In Berber languages

    An old consonantal alphabet (tifinagh) has survived among the Tuareg. It relates to the early Libyan inscriptions and the Phoenician quasi-alphabet.

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use by the Tuareg

  • Tuareg tribesman, Niger
    In Tuareg

    …preserved a peculiar script (tifinagh) related to that used by ancient Libyans.

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  • Mali
    In Mali: Languages

    … and their distinctive writing system, tifinagh, which is derived from ancient Libyan. Songhai is used along the Niger River.

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