Dialects and the script
TifinaghBench covers three Amazigh varieties. Each comes from a different dictionary, and each has its own caveats.
Standard Moroccan Amazigh
Morocco. The standard form promoted by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM), built on the Tamazight, Tachelhit and Tarifit varieties.
Taught in Moroccan schools since 2003 and written in the IRCAM Tifinagh alphabet, the official script of Amazigh in Morocco.
- Dictionary
- IRCAM, Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe
- Entries
- 13,673
- Caveat
- English meanings were machine-translated from the French definitions.
Tarifit
The Rif in northern Morocco, and a large diaspora in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Germany.
Spelled with spirant letters (ⴸ ⵝ ⴲ ⴿ ⴵ) that standard IRCAM spelling folds into plain ones, and with an often dropped schwa. TifinaghBench accepts both conventions.
- Dictionary
- Abarrou, Dictionnaire rifain-français illustré
- Entries
- 12,151
- Caveat
- English meanings were machine-translated from French; the schwa is dropped inconsistently in the Tifinagh spellings.
Kabyle
Kabylie in northern Algeria, and a large diaspora in France.
Most often written in Latin script; Tifinagh is used in signage, education and cultural settings.
- Dictionary
- Kabyle–English lexicon from tifin.amazigh24.com
- Entries
- 1,137
- Caveat
- Tifinagh spellings were generated from the Latin script, and the lexicon is the smallest of the three.
The IRCAM Tifinagh alphabet
The 33 letters of the standard alphabet, with their Latin transliteration and Unicode code point.
At reading sizes
ⴰ ⴱ ⴳ ⴳⵯ ⴷ ⴹ ⴻ ⴼ ⴽ ⴽⵯ ⵀ ⵃ ⵄ ⵅ ⵇ ⵉ ⵊ ⵍ ⵎ ⵏ ⵓ ⵔ ⵕ ⵖ ⵙ ⵚ ⵛ ⵜ ⵟ ⵡ ⵢ ⵣ ⵥ
ⴰ ⴱ ⴳ ⴳⵯ ⴷ ⴹ ⴻ ⴼ ⴽ ⴽⵯ ⵀ ⵃ ⵄ ⵅ ⵇ ⵉ ⵊ ⵍ ⵎ ⵏ ⵓ ⵔ ⵕ ⵖ ⵙ ⵚ ⵛ ⵜ ⵟ ⵡ ⵢ ⵣ ⵥ
ⴰ ⴱ ⴳ ⴳⵯ ⴷ ⴹ ⴻ ⴼ ⴽ ⴽⵯ ⵀ ⵃ ⵄ ⵅ ⵇ ⵉ ⵊ ⵍ ⵎ ⵏ ⵓ ⵔ ⵕ ⵖ ⵙ ⵚ ⵛ ⵜ ⵟ ⵡ ⵢ ⵣ ⵥ
- ⴰaU+2D30
- ⴱbU+2D31
- ⴳgU+2D33
- ⴳⵯgʷU+2D33 U+2D6F
- ⴷdU+2D37
- ⴹḍU+2D39
- ⴻeU+2D3B
- ⴼfU+2D3C
- ⴽkU+2D3D
- ⴽⵯkʷU+2D3D U+2D6F
- ⵀhU+2D40
- ⵃḥU+2D43
- ⵄɛU+2D44
- ⵅxU+2D45
- ⵇqU+2D47
- ⵉiU+2D49
- ⵊjU+2D4A
- ⵍlU+2D4D
- ⵎmU+2D4E
- ⵏnU+2D4F
- ⵓuU+2D53
- ⵔrU+2D54
- ⵕṛU+2D55
- ⵖɣU+2D56
- ⵙsU+2D59
- ⵚṣU+2D5A
- ⵛcU+2D5B
- ⵜtU+2D5C
- ⵟṭU+2D5F
- ⵡwU+2D61
- ⵢyU+2D62
- ⵣzU+2D63
- ⵥẓU+2D65
Write your name in Tifinagh
Type a name in Latin letters and see it in Tifinagh, sound by sound. Tifinagh has no o, p or v, so those take the closest sound.
A letter-by-letter transcription, not a translation.
ⵎⴰⵙⵙⵉⵏⵉⵙⵙⴰ
Your name will appear here.
Tarifit spirant letters
Letters used in Tarifit spelling for spirant consonants. Scoring folds each into its plain counterpart, so either spelling is accepted.
| Letter | Unicode | Code point | Plain |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⴸ | TIFINAGH LETTER YADH | U+2D38 | ⴷ U+2D37 |
| ⵝ | TIFINAGH LETTER YATH | U+2D5D | ⵜ U+2D5C |
| ⴲ | TIFINAGH LETTER YABH | U+2D32 | ⴱ U+2D31 |
| ⴿ | TIFINAGH LETTER YAKHH | U+2D3F | ⴽ U+2D3D |
| ⴵ | TIFINAGH LETTER BERBER ACADEMY YAJ | U+2D35 | ⴳ U+2D33 |