Tuareg Berber
Western Sahara and western Sahel:
Modern day Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, and Burkina Faso
Tuareg Tifinagh final vowel
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaj
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaz
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yas
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yadj
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yag
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaɣ
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yal
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yam
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yan
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yak
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaq
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yash/Yac
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yah
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaṭ
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaḍ
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yax
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaw
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yi
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yabt
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yazt
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaz
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yart
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yast
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yas
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yadjt
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yadj
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yagt
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yag
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yalt
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yal
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yamt
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yam
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yant
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yan
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yasht/Yact
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yash/Yac
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh ligature letter Yank
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yan
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yak
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 3)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yadj (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yadj (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf (variant 2)
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Tifinagh rock inscriptions in the Tadrart Acacus mountains (SW Libya) (description - here)
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 |
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T14
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. K1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A28
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T3
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z4
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. 06
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F35
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D42
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D46
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S39
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I10
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. R11
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D4
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V28
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V24
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T9a
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M39
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z9
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Libyco-Berber (Parent) | Abjad 2 c. BCE - 7 c. CE |
Libyco-Berber letter B
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Libyco-Berber letter G (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter G (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter D (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter D (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter U (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter U (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ż (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ẓ (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ẓ (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Z
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Libyco-Berber letter H
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Libyco-Berber letter H (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ṭ (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ṭ (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter I (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter I (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter K (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter K (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter L (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter L (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter M (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter M (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter N
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Libyco-Berber letter S
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Libyco-Berber letter F (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter F (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ç (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Ç (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Q (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter R
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Libyco-Berber letter Š (horizontal variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter Š (vertical variant)
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Libyco-Berber letter T
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Libyco-Berber letter T1 (horizontal variant)
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Tuareg Tifinagh | Abjad ??? - Present |
Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yab (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yag
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yad (variant 3)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaj
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaz
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaż (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaḍ
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yi
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yak
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yal
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yam
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yan
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yas (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yas (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaf (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaq
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar (variant 1)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yar (variant 2)
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yash/Yac
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yat
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Tuareg Tifinagh letter Yaṭ1
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Neo-Tifinagh (Child) | Alphabet 1980 CE - Present |
Neo-Tifinagh letter Yab
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yag
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yad
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaj
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaz
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaẓ
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaḍ
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yay
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yak
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yal
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yam
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yan
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yas
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaf
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaq
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yar
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaš (Yac)
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yat
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Neo-Tifinagh letter Yaṭ
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