Zaghawa Beria alphabet

The Zaghawa Beria alphabet was developed in the 1950s by Adam Tajir, a school teacher. He based it on the brands used on camels and other livestock by the Zaghawa people. This alphabet was improved in 2000 by a vet called Siddick Adam Issa, who called the new versionBeria Giray Erfe ('Beria Writing Marks' or 'Beria Branding Script'). A font was created by Seonil Yun, in cooperation with SIL International and the Mission Protestante Franco-Suisse au Tchad.

Zaghawa is a member of the Eastern Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken in eastern central Chad, and in Darfur in the northwest of Sudan.

Zaghawa can also be written with the Latin alphabet, and a way to write it with the Arabic script is also being developed.

Notable features

Type of writing system:alphabet
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write:Zaghawa (Beria / Beriaa)

Zaghawa Beria alphabet and pronunciation

Zaghawa alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Zaghawa (Excel)

Sample text in Zaghawa

Source:http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/render_download.php?format=file&media_id=ZaghawaBeria_pdfsample&filename=ZaghawaBeria_pdfsample.pdf

Information about Zaghawa |Zaghawa Beria Alphabet |Numbers

Links

Information about the Zaghawa Beria alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaghawa_alphabet
https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/alphabets/beria/
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08265-beria-branding.pdf

Zaghawa Beria Font
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ZaghawaBeria_Home

Alphabets

A-chik Tokbirim,Adinkra,ADLaM,Armenian,Avestan,Avoiuli,Bactrian,Bassa (Vah),Beitha Kukju,Berati,Beria (Zaghawa),Borama / Gadabuursi,Carian,Carpathian Basin Rovas,Chinuk pipa,Chisoi,Coorgi-Cox,Coptic,Cyrillic,Dalecarlian runes,Elbasan,Etruscan,Faliscan,Fox,Galik,Georgian (Asomtavruli),Georgian (Nuskhuri),Georgian (Mkhedruli),Glagolitic,Global Alphabet,Gothic,Greek,Hurûf-ı munfasıla,Irish (Uncial),Kaddare,Kayah Li,Khatt-i-Badíʼ,Khazarian Rovas,Koch,Korean,Latin,Lepontic,Luo Lakeside Script,Lycian,Lydian,Manchu,Mandaic,Mandombe,Marsiliana,Medefaidrin,Messapic,Mongolian,Mro,Mundari Bani,Nag Chiki,Naasioi Otomaung,N'Ko,North Picene,Novo Tupi,Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong,Odùduwà,Ogham,Old Church Slavonic,Oirat Clear Script,Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet' / Santali),Old Italic,Old Nubian,Old Permic,Ol Onal,Orkhon,Osage,Oscan,Osmanya (Somali),Pau Cin Hau,Phrygian,Pollard script,Runic,Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes),South Picene,Sutton SignWriting,Sunuwar,Tai Viet,Tangsa,Todhri,Toto,Umbrian,(Old) Uyghur,Vellara,Veso Bey,Wancho,Yezidi,Zoulai

Other writing systems

Page last modified: 16.10.23

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