Tifinagh (Berber)

ISO 15924: TfngAlphabet19 total languages
Also known as: BerberIANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ ⵏ ⵜⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵙ ⵜⵏⴻⵍⵖⵉⵜⵏⵏⵙ

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Berber / Afro-Asiatic
Geographic origin
North Africa
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
tfng
Tifinagh (ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ), script of the Berber (Amazigh) peoples of North Africa. Ancient form (Libyco-Berber) attested from c. 3rd century BCE. Neo-Tifinagh is the modern standardized form.

Related Scripts

SarbOld South Arabian

Unicode Blocks

TifinaghU+2D30

1 Unicode block contain Tifinagh (Berber) characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
19

Awjilah
auj
Ghadamès
gha
Taznatit
grr
Kabyle
kab
Tumzabt
mzb
Numidian
nxm
Tarifit
rif
Tachelhit
shi
Tachawit
shy
Tamasheq
taq
Tagdal
tda
Tetserret
tez
Tahaggart Tamahaq
thv
Tayart Tamajeq
thz
Tamashek
tmh
Tawallammat Tamajaq
ttq
Central Atlas Tamazight
tzm
Zenaga
zen
Standard Moroccan Tamazight
zgh