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The Libyco-Berber alphabet or the Libyc alphabet is an abjad writing system that was used during the first millennium BC by various Berber peoples of North Africa and the Canary Islands, to write ancient varieties of the Berber language like the Numidian language in ancient North Africa.
- Tifinagh
Tifinagh (Tuareg Berber language: ⵜⴼⵏⵗ; Neo-Tifinagh:...
- Berber Latin alphabet
The Berber Latin alphabet of Northern-Berber usually...
- Tifinagh
Die libysche Schrift ist eine Alphabetschrift, die etwa vom 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. in weiten Teilen Nordafrikas für die libysche Sprache verwendet wurde. Es handelte sich um eine Konsonantenschrift, die Vokale in der Regel nicht markierte. Ausnahme ist ein Graphem, das für einen Vokal, meist in ...
In fact, we should talk about Libyco-Berber alphabets, as one of the main characteristics of these scripts is their variety. In the mid-20th century, two main groups (eastern and western) were proposed, but this division is not so evident, and some studies have identified up to 25 different groups (grouped in 5 major families); some of them show strong similarities while between others up to ...
The basis of our knowledge are the monumental inscriptions of Dougga/Thugga (Tunisia). Thanks to a group of biscripts the phonetic value of nearly all characters of the alphabet is well attested. Therefore, this alphabet is the starting point for all studies comparing sets of signs. ALPHABET DOUGGA
The alphabets of the Libyco-Berber family belong to the group of scripts using normally only consonants. Initial vowels originally were ignored totally as well as vowels in medial position, for vowels in final position there was used the semi-consonant H.
