Ethiopic (Geʻez) vs Tifinagh (Berber)

Writing system comparison · ISO Ethi vs ISO Tfng

Ethiopic (Geʻez) is a Living Left-to-right script from African used by 6 languages. Tifinagh (Berber) is a Living Left-to-right script from African used by 5 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

ሰላም
ግዕዝ
ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ
ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Ethiopic (Geʻez) Tifinagh (Berber)
ISO Code Ethi Tfng
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Living
Region African African
Characters
Languages 6 5
Script Type Abugida Alphabet
Descended From Old South Arabian
Total Speakers ~41M
Introduced 350 CE 3000 BCE

Only in Ethiopic (Geʻez)

6 languages

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.