Script

The Tifinagh alphabet

Every letter, with the strokes to trace

The complete alphabet, letter by letter. Each one can be traced with your finger: on screen, or on paper beside it.

Base letters

yaa · [æ]ⴰU+2D30Beautiful →

yabb · [b]ⴱU+2D31Thin →

yagg · [ɡ]ⴳU+2D33Quiet →

yadd · [d]ⴷU+2D37

yaḍḍ · [dˤ]ⴹU+2D39

yeye · [ə]ⴻU+2D3B

yaff · [f]ⴼU+2D3C

yakk · [k]ⴽU+2D3D

yahh · [h]ⵀU+2D40

yaḥḥ · [ħ]ⵃU+2D43

yaʕʕ · [ʕ]ⵄU+2D44Pink →

yaxkh · [χ]ⵅU+2D45Red →

yaqq · [q]ⵇU+2D47Small →

yii · [i]ⵉU+2D49Bent →

yajj · [ʒ]ⵊU+2D4A

yall · [l]ⵍU+2D4D

yamm · [m]ⵎU+2D4EEmpty →

yann · [n]ⵏU+2D4F

yuu · [w]ⵓU+2D53Fat →

yarr · [r]ⵔU+2D54

yaṛṛ · [rˤ]ⵕU+2D55

yaɣgh · [ɣ]ⵖU+2D56

yass · [s]ⵙU+2D59Ugly →

yaṣṣ · [sˤ]ⵚU+2D5A

yašc · [ʃ]ⵛU+2D5B

yatt · [t]ⵜU+2D5CFast →

yaṭṭ · [tˤ]ⵟU+2D5F

yaww · [w]ⵡU+2D61

yayy · [j]ⵢU+2D62Loud →

yazz · [z]ⵣU+2D63

yaẓẓ · [zˤ]ⵥU+2D65

Labialised

The same letters as ⴳ and ⴽ, plus the sign ⵯ. Spoken with rounded lips.

ⴳⵯ

yagʷgʷ · [ɡʷ]ⴳⵯU+2D33 U+2D6F

ⴽⵯ

yakʷkʷ · [kʷ]ⴽⵯU+2D3D U+2D6F

The order of the strokes is a tracing aid, not an official rule. What is documented is the shape of the letters: from the Unicode standard and the IRCAM typeface. How the hand draws them is derived from that shape.

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