maˈtʼuww

Writing Scripts Descended from Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Neo-Tifinagh

ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ

Alphabet1
1980 CE - Present1


Left-to-right, right-to-left,
top-to-bottom, bottom-to-topcitation needed

Neo-Tifinagh

Languagescitation needed

Standard Moroccan Amazigh and Northern Berber languages

Places2

Morocco

Abecedary3,4

NT_01
Neo-Tifinagh letter Ya
NT02
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yab
NT03
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yag
NT_02
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yagʷ
NT04
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yad
NT09
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaḍ
NT_03
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yey
NT18
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaf
NT11
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yak
NT_04
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yakʷ
NT_05
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yah
NT08
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaḥ
NT_06
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaʕ (Yaɛ)
NT_07
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yax
NT20
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaq
NT_08
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yi
NT07
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaj
NT12
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yal
NT13
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yam
NT14
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yan
NT_09
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yu
NT21
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yar
NT_10
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaṛ
NT_11
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaɣ
NT15
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yas
NT19
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaṣ
NT22
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaš (Yac)
NT24
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yat
NT24a
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaṭ
NT06
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaw
NT10
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yay
NT07a
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaz
NT07b
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaẓ

Epigraphy5,6

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
in Tamazight

Tamazight

ⵉⵎⴷⴰⵏⴻⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⴻⵏ ⵎⴰ ⵍⵍⴰⵏ ⵜⵜⵍⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⴷ ⵉⵍⴻⵍⵍⵉⵢⴻⵏ ⵎⵙⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⴷⵉ ⵍⵃⵡⴻⵕⵎⴰ ⴷ ⵢⵉⵣⴻⵔⴼⴰⵏ-ⵖⵓⵔ
ⵙⴻⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⵙⴰⴽⵡⵉⵜ ⴷ ⵍⴰTTc10ⵓⴻⵍ ⵓ ⵢⴻⵙⵙⴻⴼⴽ ⴰⴷ-ⵜⵉⵍⵉ ⵜⴻⴳⵎⴰⵜⵜ ⴳⴰⵔ ⴰⵙⴻⵏ.

Transliteration

Imdanen, akken ma llan ttlalen d ilelliyen msawan di lḥweṛma d yizerfan-ghur
sen tamsakwit d lâquel u yessefk ad-tili tegmatt gar asen.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Script comparison3,4,7-12

Writing Script Head of ox House plan Throw stick Nile tilapia Man with arms raised Pear shaped mace Two diagonal strokes Plan of rectangular enclosure Heart and trachea Arm with downward facing palm Hand Crook Water ripple Cobra Reed column Eye Wick Mouth Rush with shoots Cord on stick Head Bow Basket of fruit or grain Crossed sticks
Logography
            
32 c. BCE - 4 c. CE
EH01
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
EH02
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O1
EH03
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T14
EH04
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. K1
EH05
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A28
EH06
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T3
EH07
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z4
EH08
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. 06
EH09
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F35
EH10
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D42
EH11
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D46
EH12
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S39
EH13
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
EH14
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I10
EH15
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. R11
EH16
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D4
EH17
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V28
EH18
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
EH19
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22
EH20
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V24
EH21
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D1
EH22
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T9a
EH23
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M39
EH24
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z9
Tuareg Tifinagh (Parent)
Abjad
??? - Present
TT02
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab (variant 1)
TT02a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab (variant 2)
TT03
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yag
TT04
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 1)
TT04a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 2)
TT04b
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 3)
TT07
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaj
TT07a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaz
TT07b
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż (variant 1)
TT07c
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż (variant 2)
TT09
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaḍ
TT10
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yi
TT11
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yak
TT12
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yal
TT13
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yam
TT14
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yan
TT15
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yas (variant 1)
TT15a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yas (variant 2)
TT18
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf (variant 1)
TT18a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf (variant 2)
TT20
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaq
TT21
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar (variant 1)
TT21a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar (variant 2)
TT22
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yash/Yac
TT24
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
TT24a
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaṭ1
Neo-Tifinagh
Alphabet
1980 CE - Present
NT02
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yab
NT03
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yag
NT04
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yad
NT07
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaj
NT07a
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaz
NT07b
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaẓ
NT09
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaḍ
NT10
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yay
NT11
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yak
NT12
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yal
NT13
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yam
NT14
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yan
NT15
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yas
NT18
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaf
NT20
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaq
NT21
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yar
NT22
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaš (Yac)
NT24
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yat
NT24a
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaṭ

Lineage13-19


Egyptian Hieroglyphs
 ↳Hieratic Egyptian
  ↳Proto-Sinaitic
   ↳Phoenician
    ↳Libyco-Berber
     ↳Tuareg Tifinagh
      ↳Neo-Tifinagh

Neo-Tifinagh

Commission artwork by Claud Kamalie (Fiverr page - here)