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Libyco-Berber
- 2nd (9th?) century BC-7th century AD
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Web sites of general interest
Tifinagh : the Berber alphabet from A to Z
An overview of the decipherment and development of the Libyco-Berber script up to present-day Neo-Tifinagh.
Deciphering: A few thoughts about the Libyco-Berber script
Discusses Libyco-Berber. Two recent studies, the one devoted to contemporary rock inscriptions and the other to the evolution of Libyco-Berber scripts from Ancient Times up till the present, are reviewed; and a few hypotheses related to the dating of engravings are discussed as well as the circumstances of the initial discovery made in Dougga.
'Libyan' Inscriptions in Numidia and Mauretania
A brief introduction for beginners, taking a sceptical line on decipherment.
Online documents
Répertoire des Inscriptions Libyco-Berbères
A yearly newsletter edited by Lionel Galand.
L'écriture libyco-berbère : Etat des lieux et perspectives
A general introduction to Libyco-Berber.
L'écriture libyco-berbère. Etat des lieux, déchiffrement et perspectives linguistiques et sociolinguistiques.
A general introduction to the Libyco-Berber script, with a focus on the problem of understanding the language it is written in.
Fonts
Fonts for Berber - Luc Devroye
A collection of links to Libyco-Berber and (Neo-)Tifinagh fonts.
Collections of texts and digital libraries
Libyco-Berber Inscriptions Online Database
An online database for the storage and analysis of Libyco-Berber inscriptions from the Canary Islands and Northern Africa. At present it covers only the Canary Islands and Morocco.
Bibliography
Bibliographie berbère
A general bibliography of Berber studies, including Libyco-Berber.
A Bibliography of Berber Language Materials
A general bibliography in English of Berber studies, including Libyco-Berber.
LBI: Script
A partial bibliography with links to PDF versions of articles.