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The Berber flag or Amazigh flag is an ethnic flag used as a common symbol of related ethnic groups in North Africa. The flag was created to symbolize culture, but with the rise of Berberism it also began to be used in political contexts.
Among these Berber languages are Riffian, Zuwara, Kabyle, Shilha, Siwi, Zenaga, Sanhaja, Tazayit (Central Atlas Tamazight), Tumẓabt (Mozabite), Nafusi, and Tamasheq, as well as the ancient Guanche language. Most Berber languages have a high percentage of borrowing and influence from the Arabic language, as well as from other languages. [201]
Berber-Latin IRCAM's Tifinagh equivalent Arabic equivalent IPA equivalent Similar sound in other languages 1: A a ⴰ أ / ا / َ æ: By default like English a in "map". When there is an emphatic Berber consonant then the Berber "a" is pronounced like the English a in "car". 2: B b ⴱ ب: b or β: English b or a soft Spanish b / v: 3: C c ...
The word tifinagh (singular tafinəq < *ta-finəɣ-t) is thought by some scholars to be a Berberized feminine plural cognate or adaptation of the Latin word Punicus 'Punic, Phoenician' through the Berber feminine prefix ti-and the root √FNƔ < *√PNQ < Latin Punicus; thus tifinagh could possibly mean 'the Phoenician (letters)' [1] [12] [13] or 'the Punic letters'.
The origin of the Libyco-Berber script is still debated by academic researchers. [7] [8] The leading theories regarding its origins posit it as being either a heavily modified version of the Phoenician alphabet, or a local invention influenced by the latter, [9] with the most supported view being that it derived from a local prototype conceptually inspired by a Phoenician or archaic Semitic ...
The traditional Berber religion is the sum of ancient and native set of beliefs and deities adhered to by the Berbers.Originally, the Berbers seem to have believed in worship of the sun and moon, animism and in the afterlife, but interactions with the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans influenced religious practice and merged traditional faiths with new ones.
Berber orthography is the writing system(s) used to transcribe the Berber languages. In antiquity, the Libyco-Berber script was utilized to write Berber languages. Early uses of the script have been found on rock art and in various sepulchres. [ 1 ]
The Berber flag adopted by the World Amazigh Congress in 1998 Demonstration of Kabyles in Paris, April 2016. Berberism is a Berber ethnonationalist movement, that started mainly in Kabylia and Morocco during the French colonial era with the Kabyle myth and was largely driven by colonial capitalism and France's divide and conquer policy. [1]