Tarifit/Writing system
< Tarifit
Writing in Tarifit
Tarifit, like other Tamazight languages, can be written in Tifinagh, Arabic, or Latin scripts. In this book an adapted version of the Latin-Berber alphabet is used.
Writing system overview
| Transcript | Neo-Tifinagh | IPA equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| a | ⴰ | /æ/, /ɛ/ or /ɑ/ |
| i | ⵉ | /ɪ/ |
| u | ⵓ | /ʊ/, /ɔ/ |
| e | ⴻ | /ə/ |
| b | ⴱ | /b/ |
| b̲ | ⴲ | /β/ |
| d | ⴷ | /d/ |
| ḏ | ⴸ | /ð/ |
| ḍ | ⴹ | /dˤ/ |
| ḏ̣ | ⴺ | /ðˤ/ |
| f | ⴼ | /f/ |
| g | ⴳ | /ɡ/ |
| ǧ (dj) | ⴵ | /d͡ʒ/ |
| ɣ | ⵖ | /ɣ/ |
| h | ⵀ | /h/ |
| ḥ | ⵃ | /ħ/ |
| x | ⵅ | /x/ |
| j | ⵊ | /ʒ/ |
| k | ⴽ | /k/ |
| ḵ | ⴽ | /ç/ |
| l | ⵍ | /l/ or /ɫ/ |
| m | ⵎ | /m/ |
| n | ⵏ | /n/ |
| q | ⵇ | /q/ |
| r | ⵔ | /r/ |
| ř | ⵔ | /ɺ/ |
| ṛ | ⵕ | /rˤ/ |
| s | ⵙ | /s/ |
| ṣ | ⵚ | /sˤ/ |
| c | ⵛ | /ʃ/ |
| č (tc) | ⵞ | /t͡ʃ/ |
| t | ⵜ | /t/ |
| t̲ | ⵜ | /θ/ |
| ṭ | ⵟ | /tˤ/ |
| w | ⵡ | /w/ |
| y | ⵢ | /j/ |
| z | ⵣ | /z/ |
| ẓ | ⵥ | /zˤ/ |
| ɛ | ⵄ | /ʕ/ |