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Tamazight Alphabet and Tifinagh Letters for Algeria
A practical reading page for the Tamazight alphabet as written in Tifinagh. It helps ALG DZ readers recognize the core letters, Unicode code points and a few safe Algeria-related examples without pretending to settle every regional spelling choice.
Why this page exists
Tamazight is a living language family with regional variation. This page is not a legal or academic authority; it is a careful public reading aid for Algeria culture, travel and glossary pages.
How to use it
Use the table to recognize letters, then check words in the glossary. The complete Unicode block contains additional historical and regional letters; the classroom-style set below focuses on common reading practice.
Core Tifinagh reading table
| Tifinagh | Unicode | Latin | Name / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⴰ | U+2D30 | a | ya |
| ⴱ | U+2D31 | b | yab |
| ⴳ | U+2D33 | g | yag |
| ⴳⵯ | U+2D33 + U+2D6F | gw | g + labialization |
| ⴷ | U+2D37 | d | yad |
| ⴹ | U+2D39 | ḍ | yadd |
| ⴻ | U+2D3B | e / ə | yey |
| ⴼ | U+2D3C | f | yaf |
| ⴽ | U+2D3D | k | yak |
| ⴽⵯ | U+2D3D + U+2D6F | kw | k + labialization |
| ⵀ | U+2D40 | h | yah |
| ⵃ | U+2D43 | ḥ | yahh |
| ⵄ | U+2D44 | ɛ / ʿ | yaa |
| ⵅ | U+2D45 | x / kh | yakh |
| ⵇ | U+2D47 | q | yaq |
| ⵉ | U+2D49 | i | yi |
| ⵊ | U+2D4A | j | yazh |
| ⵍ | U+2D4D | l | yal |
| ⵎ | U+2D4E | m | yam |
| ⵏ | U+2D4F | n | yan |
| ⵓ | U+2D53 | u | yu |
| ⵔ | U+2D54 | r | yar |
| ⵕ | U+2D55 | ṛ | yarr |
| ⵖ | U+2D56 | ɣ / gh | yagh |
| ⵙ | U+2D59 | s | yas |
| ⵚ | U+2D5A | ṣ | yass |
| ⵛ | U+2D5B | š / ch | yash |
| ⵜ | U+2D5C | t | yat |
| ⵟ | U+2D5F | ṭ | yatt |
| ⵡ | U+2D61 | w | yaw |
| ⵢ | U+2D62 | y | yay |
| ⵣ | U+2D63 | z | yaz |
| ⵥ | U+2D65 | ẓ | yazz |