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{{short description|Tuareg Berber language of Niger}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Tamajeq Tayart
| nativename       = ''Tayərt''<br>{{script|Tfng|ⵜⵢⵔⵜ}}<br>{{script/Arabic|تَایِیرْتْ}}
| states           = [[Niger]]
| region           = [[Sahara]]
| ethnicity        = [[Tuareg]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|481,000|2}}
| date             = 2021
| ref              = e26
| script           = [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] <br />[[Tifinagh]]<br />[[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] (Innislamen)
| familycolor      = Afro-Asiatic
| fam2             = [[Berber languages|Berber]]
| fam3             = [[Tuareg languages|Tuareg]]
| fam4             = [[Tuareg languages|Southern]]
| iso3             = thz
| glotto           = taya1257
| glottorefname    = Tayart Tamajeq
| dia1             = Air (Tayiṛt)
| dia2             = Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast)
}}
'''Air Tamajeq''' (''Tayərt'') is a variety of [[Tuareg languages|Tuareg]]. It is spoken by the [[Tuareg people]] inhabiting the [[Aïr Mountains]] of the [[Agadez Region]] in [[Niger]].

''[[Ethnologue]]'' lists two dialects: ''Air (Tayərt)'' and ''Tanassfarwat (Tamagarast/Taməsgərəst)''. Blench (2006) considers these two varieties to be distinct languages. He lists ''Ingal'' and ''Gofat'' as dialects of Air/Tayərt and Azerori as a dialect of Tamesgrest.

==Phonology==
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
Short Vowels 
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
![[High vowel|High]]
|i
|ə
|u
|-
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|e
|ă
|o
|-
![[Low vowel|Low]]
|
|a
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Phonetic vowel sounds
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" |[[Oral vowel|Oral]]
! colspan="3" |[[Pharyngealization|Pharyngealized]]
|-
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
![[High vowel|High]]
|[i]
|[ɨ ~ ə]
|[u]
|[ɪˤ]
|[ɜˤ]
|[ʊˤ]
|-
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|[ɪ ~ e]
|[ɜ ~ ɐ]
|[ʊ ~ o]
|[ɛˤ ~ æˤ]
|[ɐˤ ~ aˤ]
|[ɔˤ]
|-
![[Low vowel|Low]]
|
|[æ ~ a]
|
|
|[aˤ ~ ɑˤ]
|
|}

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" |[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Palatal consonant|Palato-<br>alveolar]]
! colspan="2" |[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>phar.</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>phar.</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>phar.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Stop consonant|Plosive]]
!'''<small>voiceless</small>'''
|
|
|t
|(tˤ)
|(č [tʃ])
|k
|kˤ
|q
|
|-
!'''<small>voiced</small>'''
|b
|bˤ
|d
|dˤ
|(ǧ [dʒ])
|g
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|f
|(fˤ)
|s
|(sˤ)
|š [ʃ]
|
|
|χ
|h
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|
|
|z
|zˤ
|ž [ʒ]
|
|
|ʁ
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|m
|(mˤ)
|n
|(nˤ)
|
|ŋ
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Lateral]]
|
|
|l
|(ɫ)
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
|
|r
|(rˤ)
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|w
|
|
|
|y [j]
|
|
|
|
|}

* Sounds [tʃ] and [dʒ] mainly occur as allophones of /t/ and /d/ before front vowels. A velar /ŋ/ mainly appears when followed by a labio-velar /w/, or a uvular /q/.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kossmann|first=Maarten G.|title=A Grammar of Ayer Tuareg (Niger)|publisher=Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe|year=2011}}</ref>

==Orthograhy==

Air Tamajeq, as well as other Tuareg languages, has traditionally and recently been written in three orthographies, with one or the other being the dominant orthography in specific contexts. These are [[Arabic script]], [[Latin script]], and [[Tifinagh#Tuareg Tifinagh|Tifinagh (Traditional Tamajeq Tifinagh)]] script.<ref name="omniglot">Omniglot - Tayart Tamajeq (Tamajeq, ⵜⵎⵌⵆ, ثمجق). [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tayarttamajeq.htm https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tayarttamajeq.htm]</ref><ref name="westafricanscripts">West African Scripts Literature Ministry. [https://www.westafricanscripts.org/ https://www.westafricanscripts.org/]</ref>

Tifinagh has been the ancient and traditional script for writing of Tuareg. However, as Tuareg peoples have been a largely oral society, Tifinagh has only been used primarily for games and puzzles, short graffiti and brief messages.<ref name="google60">{{cite book|title=Writing and Ancient Near East Society: Essays in Honor of Alan Millard|year=2005|publisher=T.& T.Clark Ltd|isbn=9780567026910|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdNf33JBS8sC&q=%22Libyco-Berber%22+Tifinagh&pg=PA60|author=M.C.A. MacDonald|editor=Elizabeth A. Slater, C.B. Mee and Piotr Bienkowski|page=60}}</ref>

Arabic alphabet has come to be adopted with the spread of Islam among Tuareg people from the 7th century onward. Tuareg people, being an integral part of the [[Trans-Saharan trade]], played the most significant role in spreading [[Islam]] to indigenous African communities further south, in the [[Sahel]] and Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, Tuareg merchant, scholars, and clerics played a significant role in the teaching of the [[Arabic alphabet]] and its eventual adoption as part of what's today known as [[Ajami script|Ajami convention]] of writing, for writing of languages such as [[Songhay languages|Songhay]], [[Fula languages|Fula]], and [[Hausa language|Hausa]].

Latin has been used for writing of Air Tamajeqand other Tuareg languages a lot more recently. Latin-derived scripts have been developed and adopted since the 19th century with the arrival of European Christian missionaries, colonial administrators, and linguists.

The Latin script for Air Tamajeq is an "[[Alphabet]]". Tuareg languages, including Air Tamajeq, are the only languages that use Tifinagh in its original traditional form. The [[Tifinagh|Traditional Tifinagh script]] is an "[[Abjad]]", meaning that vowels are not written or shown in any way, neither are [[Gemination|geminated consonants]]. Only in the final position do letters ''a'' ({{Script/Tifinagh|ⴰ}}), ''w'' ({{Script/Tifinagh|ⵓ}}), ''y'' ({{Script/Tifinagh|ⵢ}}) serve as vowels in some contexts. Elsewhere, for example among the [[Imazighen|Imazighen (Berbers)]], the modified neo-Tifinagh, which is a full alphabet, is used. The Arabic script is an "[[Abjad#Impure abjads|Impure Abjad]]", meaning that some vowels are written using [[Arabic diacritics|diacritics]] and some using actual letters, consonant letters serving as vowels depending on the context.<ref name="Unicode">Savage, Andrew. ''Tifinagh Unicode Propositions''. [https://unicode.org/L2/L2003/03143-tifinagh-samples.pdf] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230529110445/https://unicode.org/L2/L2003/03143-tifinagh-samples.pdf Archive])</ref>

===Latin===

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Air Tamajeq Latin alphabet<ref name="omniglot"/><ref name="westafricanscripts"/>
| A a || Ă ă ||  B b || Ḅ ḅ || C c || D d || Ḍ ḍ || E e || Ǝ ǝ
| F f || F̣ f̣ || G g || Ǧ ǧ || Ɣ ɣ 
|-
| {{IPAblink|a}} || {{IPAblink|ɐ}} || {{IPAblink|b}} || {{IPAblink|bˤ}} ||{{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} ||{{IPAblink|d}} || {{IPAblink|dˤ}} ||{{IPAblink|e}} || {{IPAblink|ə}} ||{{IPAblink|f}} || {{IPAblink|fˤ}} ||{{IPAblink|g}} || {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} || {{IPAblink|ʁ}}
|-
| H h || I i || J j || K k || Ḳ ḳ || L l || Ḷ ḷ || M m || Ṃ ṃ || N n || Ṇ ṇ || Ŋ ŋ || O o || P p
|-
|{{IPAblink|h}} ||{{IPAblink|i}} || {{IPAblink|ʒ}} || {{IPAblink|k}} || {{IPAblink|kˤ}} || {{IPAblink|l}} || {{IPAblink|lˤ}} ||{{IPAblink|m}} ||  {{IPAblink|mˤ}}  ||{{IPAblink|n}} || {{IPAblink|nˤ}}  || {{IPAblink|ŋ}} ||{{IPAblink|o}} ||{{IPAblink|p}}
|-
| Q q || R r || Ṛ ṛ || S s || Ṣ ṣ || Š š || T t || Ṭ ṭ || U u || W w || X x || Y y || Z z || Ẓ ẓ
|-
| {{IPAblink|q}} ||{{IPAblink|r}} || {{IPAblink|rˤ}} ||{{IPAblink|s}} || {{IPAblink|sˤ}} || {{IPAblink|ʃ}} || {{IPAblink|t}} || {{IPAblink|tˤ}} ||{{IPAblink|u}} ||{{IPAblink|w}} || {{IPAblink|x}} ||{{IPAblink|j}} || {{IPAblink|z}} || {{IPAblink|zˤ}}
|}

===Arabic===
{|class="wikitable Unicode" dir="rtl"
|+ Air Tamajeq Arabic (Innislamen) alphabet<ref name="omniglot"/><ref name="westafricanscripts"/>
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ا}}</span><br><small>‌( - / A a)</small><br>{{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|a}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ب}}</span><br><small>(B b / Ḅ ḅ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|b}}/{{IPAblink|bˤ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|پ}}</span><br><small>(P p)</small><br>{{IPAblink|p}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ت}}</span><br><small>(T t)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ث}}</span><br><small>(T t)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t}}   
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ج}}</span><br><small>(J j / Ǧ ǧ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}~{{IPAblink|ʒ}}  
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ح}}</span><br><small>(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}}   
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|خ}}</span><br><small>(Kh kh)</small><br>{{IPAblink|x}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|د}}</span><br><small>(D d)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ذ}}</span><br><small>(Z z)</small><br>{{IPAblink|z}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ر}}</span><br><small>(R r / Ṛ ṛ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|r}}/{{IPAblink|rˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ز}}</span><br><small>(Z z)</small><br>{{IPAblink|z}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|س}}</span><br><small>(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ش}}</span><br><small>(Š š)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʃ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ص}}</span><br><small>(Ṣ ṣ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|sˤ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ض}}</span><br><small>(Ḍ ḍ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|dˤ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;"  | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ط}}</span><br><small>(Ṭ ṭ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|tˤ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ظ}}</span><br><small>(Ẓ ẓ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|zˤ}} 
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ع}}</span><br><small>( - )</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʔ}}/{{IPAblink|∅}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|غ}}</span><br><small>(Ɣ ɣ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʁ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢻـ ࢻ}}</span><br><small>(F f / F̣ f̣)</small><br>{{IPAblink|f}}/{{IPAblink|fˤ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ࢼـ ࢼ}}</span><br><small>(Q q)</small><br>{{IPAblink|q}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ک}}</span><br><small>(K k / Ḳ ḳ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|k}}/{{IPAblink|kˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ݣ}}</span><br><small>(G g)</small><br>{{IPAblink|g}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ل}}</span><br><small>(L l / Ḷ ḷ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|l}}/{{IPAblink|lˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|م}}</span><br><small>(M m / Ṃ ṃ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|m}}/{{IPAblink|mˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ن}}</span><br><small>(N n / Ṇ ṇ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|n}}/{{IPAblink|nˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ه}}</span><br><small>(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|و}}</span><br><small>(W w / O o / U u)</small><br>{{IPAblink|w}}/{{IPAblink|o}}/{{IPAblink|u}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ي}}</span><br><small>(Y y / I i)</small><br>{{IPAblink|j}}/{{IPAblink|i}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|يٰ}}</span><br><small>(E e)</small><br>{{IPAblink|e}} 
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowel at beginning of word
|-
! A / Ă / Ǝ || E || I || O / U 
|-
! {{IPAblink|a}}/{{IPAblink|ɐ}}/{{IPAblink|ə}} || {{IPAblink|e}} || {{IPAblink|i}} || {{IPAblink|o}}/{{IPAblink|u}}

|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اَ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|ايٰـ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اِ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اُو}}</span>
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowel at middle or end of word
|-
! a || ă / ǝ || e  || i || o / u 
|-
! {{IPAblink|a}}|| {{IPAblink|ɐ}}/{{IPAblink|ə}} || {{IPAblink|e}} || {{IPAblink|i}} || {{IPAblink|o}}/{{IPAblink|u}}

|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌َا / ـَا}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌َ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌يٰـ / ـيٰـ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ِيـ / ـِيـ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ُو / ـُو}}</span>
|}

===Tifinagh===

{|class="wikitable Unicode" 
|+ Air Tamajeq Tifinagh alphabet<ref name="omniglot"/><ref name="westafricanscripts"/><ref name="Unicode"/>
|-
! Tifinagh<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⴰ}}</span><br><small>(A a)</small><br>{{IPAblink|a}}/{{IPAblink|ɐ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⴱ}}</span><br><small>(B b)</small><br>{{IPAblink|b}}/{{IPAblink|bˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⴶ}}</span><br><small>(G g)</small><br>{{IPAblink|g}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⴹ}}</span><br><small>(D d / Ḍ ḍ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d}}/{{IPAblink|dˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⴼ}}</span><br><small>(F f / F̣ f̣ / P p)</small><br>{{IPAblink|f}}/{{IPAblink|fˤ}} /{{IPAblink|p}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⴾ}}</span><br><small>(K k / Ḳ ḳ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|k}}/{{IPAblink|kˤ}}
|-
! Tifinagh<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵂ}}</span><br><small>(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵈ}}</span><br><small>(X x)</small><br>{{IPAblink|x}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵆ}}</span><br><small>(Q q)</small><br>{{IPAblink|q}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵌ}}</span><br><small>(J j / Ǧ ǧ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʒ}}/{{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵍ}}</span><br><small>(L l / Ḷ ḷ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|l}}/{{IPAblink|lˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵎ}}</span><br><small>(M m / Ṃ ṃ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|m}}/
|-
! Tifinagh<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵏ}}</span><br><small>(N n / Ṇ ṇ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|n}}/{{IPAblink|nˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵓ}}</span><br><small>(W w / O o / U u)</small><br>{{IPAblink|w}}/{{IPAblink|o}}/{{IPAblink|u}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵔ}}</span><br><small>(R r / Ṛ ṛ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|r}}/{{IPAblink|rˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵗ}}</span><br><small>(Ɣ ɣ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʁ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵙ}}</span><br><small>(S s / Ṣ ṣ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}/{{IPAblink|sˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵛ}}</span><br><small>(Š š)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʃ}}
|-
! Tifinagh<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵜ}}</span><br><small>(T t / Ṭ ṭ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t}}/{{IPAblink|tˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵢ}}</span><br><small>(Y y / I i)</small><br>{{IPAblink|j}}/{{IPAblink|i}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|ⵤ}}</span><br><small>(Z z / Ẓ ẓ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|z}}/{{IPAblink|zˤ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Tifinagh|⵰}}</span><br><small>( . )</small><br>''separator mark''
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==Sample Text==
Below is a sample text, translation of the [[Bible|Holy Bible]], specifically the [[Gospel of Luke]], chapter 1, verses 1 to 4 into Air Tamajeq.<ref name="westafricanscripts"/>

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! English Translation
| <sup>1</sup> Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, <sup>2</sup> Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; <sup>3</sup> It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, <sup>4</sup> That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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! Latin Alphabet
| <sup>1</sup> Ya ǝmizwǝr-in Tayufil, Ăytedăm ăggôtnen ǝgmâyăn ad ǝktǝbăn ăṛătăn win ǝgănen ɣur-na, <sup>2</sup> s-ǝmmǝk was dana-tăn-ăssoɣălăn win tăn ǝnăynen da tizarăt, ǝmmalăn awal ǝn-Mǝššina.  <sup>3</sup> Adida fǝl-as năk iṃan-in ǝffǝki wa ǝgegh isălan di kul a dd ibăẓăn ɣur ǝlǝṣǝl-năsăn, sǝr-iy a dak ăgăɣ y-asăn akătab izîlalăɣăn,  <sup>4</sup> fǝl ad tǝssǝṇăɣ as măsṇăt ta tătăwăsăsăɣra tidǝt a tǝṃôs.
|-
! Arabic Alphabet
| dir="rtl"|<span style="font-size:120%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Arabic|<sup>١</sup> يا اَمِيزْوَرِينْ تَايوࢻِيلْ، اَيْتيٰدَمْ اَݣُّتْنيٰنْ اَݣْمَاينْ اَدْ اَکْتَبَنْ اَرَتَنْ وِينْ اَݣَنيٰنْ غُورنَا، <sup>٢</sup> سَمَّکْ وَاسْ دَانَاتَنَسَّوغَلَنْ وِينْ تَنْ اَنَيْنيٰنْ دَا تِيزَارَتْ اَمَّالَنْ اَوَالْ اَنْمَشِّينَا؞ <sup>٣</sup>اَدِيدَا ࢻَلَاسْ نَکْ اِمَانِينْ اَࢻَّکِي وَا اَݣيٰغْ اِسَلَانْ دِي کُولْ اَ دّ اِبَظَنْ غُورْ اَلَصَلْنَسَنْ سَرِي اَ دَاکْ اَݣَغْ يَاسَنْ اَکَتَابْ اِزِيلَالَغَنْ، <sup>٤</sup> ࢻَلْ اَدْ تَسَّنَغْ اَسْ مَسْنَتْ تَا تَتَوَسَسَغْرَا تِيدَتْ تَمُوسْ؞}}</span>
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! Tifinagh Alphabet
| <span style="font-size:120%;line-height:1.65;">{{Script/Tifinagh|<sup>1</sup> ⵢⴰ ⵎⵤⵓⵔⵏ ⵜⵢⴼⵍ⵰ ⵜⴹⵎ ⴶⵜⵏⵏ ⴶⵎⵢⵏ ⴹⴾⵜⴱⵏ ⵔⵜⵏ ⵓⵏⴶⵏⵏ ⵗⵔⵏⴰ⵰ <sup>2</sup> ⵙⵎⴾ ⵓⵙ ⴹⵏⵜⵏⵙⵗⵍⵏ ⵓⵏ ⵜⵏ ⵏⵢⵏⵏ ⴹⴰ ⵜⵤⵔⵜ ⵎⵍⵏ ⵓⵍ ⵎⵏⵛⵏⴰ⵰ <sup>3</sup> ⴹⴹⴰ ⴼⵍⵙ ⵏⴾ ⵎⵏⵏ ⴼⴾⵢ ⵓⴶⵗ ⵙⵍⵏ ⴹⵢ ⴾⵍ ⴹⴱⵢⵏ ⵗⵔ ⵍⵙⵍⵏⵙⵏ ⵙⵔⵢ ⴹⴾ ⴶⵗ ⵢⵙⵏ ⴾⵜⴱ ⵤⵍⵍⵗⵏ⵰ <sup>4</sup> ⴼⵍ ⴹ ⵜⵙⵏⵗ ⵙ ⵎⵙⵏⵜ ⵜ ⵜⵜⵓⵙⵙⵗⵔⴰ ⵜⴹⵜ ⵜⵎⵙ⵰}}</span>
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==References==
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