A 2,000-year-old desert script came back as a modern national alphabet

Tifinagh, the ancient alphabet of Berber peoples like the Tuareg, had survived mainly carved into rock and used informally by nomads. In 2003, Morocco adopted a standardized 'Neo-Tifinagh' as the official script for teaching Amazigh, a compromise between rival camps pushing for Arabic or Latin letters instead. It's now taught in Moroccan schools and appears on road signs alongside Arabic and French.

— Wikipedia contributors, Tifinagh — Wikipedia entry, 'Political history' section

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