Tifinagh

I have heard multiple people from the Sousse describe the attempt to teach Tamazight and promote Tifinagh as a “conspiracy” to keep already debilitated Berber communities as they are.

Global Voices in English » Morocco: Teaching “Berber” in Schools 2009

The article, which outlines the educational options for learning and studying the language, and adds insight into the development of the Tifinagh alphabet, prompted a variety of posts.

Global Voices in English » Morocco: Teaching “Berber” in Schools 2009

Kal, a commenter on the post (and the blogger behind The Moor Next Door), shares anecdotes heard in rural Morocco as to the teaching of Tifinagh:

Global Voices in English » Morocco: Teaching “Berber” in Schools 2009

As I know from my friend Hayat, who is Algerian, the Touareg do not speak Arabic, they speak Tifinagh, their own language.

Writing 2009

Here's Tifinagh, in Hapax Berbère, one of two fonts (the other, Hapax Touareg, is also available in a form with mirrored glyphs) available from Patrick Andries (note: site is in French).

languagehat.com: UNICODE GLAGOLITIC. 2005

In addition, this version adds many CJK Unified Ideographs in common use in China, Taiwan, and Japan,as well as characters for African language support, including extensions to the Tifinagh, Ethiopic,and Bamum scripts.

Site Home Michael S. Kaplan 2011

The Tuareg pre-date the introduction of Islam and speak a Berber language, Tamasheq, related to ancient Egyptian, with an equally ancient alphabet and script known as Tifinagh.

All articles at Blogcritics Richard Marcus 2010

The Tuareg pre-date the introduction of Islam and speak a Berber language, Tamasheq, related to ancient Egyptian, with an equally ancient alphabet and script known as Tifinagh.

All articles at Blogcritics Richard Marcus 2010