Alphabets of Africa

NIGER

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

TAMAJAQ (AFRO-ASIATIC, CHADIC)

EXAMPLES

Ihl

b

N

t, t

Id!

d,d

/ti/

c

/k/

k

/g/

g

/q/

q

7m/ m
/n/ n

/i/
/e/

m

vv

/v

/a/
/a/

/f/
/s/
/z/
/J/
/3/
/%/

/y/
/I/
/v

/r/
/h/
/w/
/J/

/u/
/o/

s

zjz
sh

J
kh

gh

a

aman

a

adar

b

barar

c

C9t

d
d

dsgh
adad

e

ekew

3

9bd3d

f

fad

g
gh

h

garat

eghatem

shulel

i

j
k

igi

aljannat

karad

kh

akh

allagh

alam

manna

nakkuje

cagwet

eqqad

azor

nirad

esdli

shsgni

tele

telle

uragh

war

yel

ezad

water

foot

boy

eye

inside

finger

root

to get up

thirst

rabies

shoe

young donkey

action

paradise

three

milk

spear

camel

drought

me, I

tree bark

conflagration

broom

to precipitate

limestone

indigo dye

lamb

eating

gold

[negation]

hay

grinding

This orthography represents the
dialects: Taysrt (Air) and
Tawallamra3t, Tanoannsg.

ALPHABET

aabcddedfgghh
sh t t u w y z z

jkkhllmngoqrs

number of graphemes 33

Alphabets of Afrtea

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Published by UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar (D1<£DA) _
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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 © unesco 1993

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