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Geometric letters of the Amazigh.
Also known as: Berber script, Amazigh alphabet
The indigenous North African script used for Berber languages, written in circles, dots and straight strokes.
Writes the Berber languages of North Africa and the Sahara.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Descends from the ancient Libyco-Berber inscriptions, making it one of the oldest continuously attested scripts in Africa outside Egypt, though its use narrowed for centuries to Tuareg communities before its modern revival.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Its geometric forms are usually explained by a tradition of writing on rock and on hide rather than with a pen, where straight cuts are easier than curves.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Letters built from straight lines, circles, dots and crosses in strong geometric forms, with almost no curves and no joining between letters.