Tifinagh (Berber)

The Tifinagh script is used to write the Tamazight (Berber) languages of North Africa. The script has ancient roots — proto-Tifinagh inscriptions date back over 3,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously surviving scripts.

The modern Neo-Tifinagh (IRCAM Tifinagh) was standardized in 2003 by Morocco's Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) and is now the official script for teaching Tamazight in Moroccan schools. The Tuareg people of the Sahara still use a traditional form of Tifinagh called Tamajaq. The script is written left-to-right in its modern form, though historical forms were sometimes written right-to-left or in alternating directions.