Berber Arabic alphabet (original) (raw)

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Arabic-based alphabet used for Berber languages

Berber language poetry in Arabic script with its translation in French

Document in Berber language of Jebel Nefousa - Libya

The Berber Arabic alphabet (Berber: اݣماي امزغ اعرب or اڨماي امزيغ اعراب or ءاݣماي ءامازيغ ءعراب; Arabic: الأبجدية العربية الأمازيغية) is an Arabic-based alphabet that was used to write various Berber languages in the Middle Ages. Nowadays users have largely reverted to either the Tifinagh alphabet in Morocco, [1] or Berber Latin alphabet in Algeria.[2]

1. ^ Larbi, Hsen (2003). "Which Script for Tamazight, Whose Choice is it ?". Amazigh Voice (Taghect Tamazight). 12 (2). New Jersey: Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA). Retrieved December 17, 2009.
2. ^ Souag (2004)

• Souag, Lameen (2004). "Writing Berber Languages: a quick summary". L. Souag. Archived from the original on 2005-07-30. Retrieved 6 July 2010.