The Zaghawa or Beria alphabet, Beria Giray Erfe (‘Zaghawa Writing Marks’), is an indigenous alphabetic script proposed for the Zaghawa language (also known as Beria) of Darfur and Chad. The script is based on one of the culture’s most iconic figures: the camel.
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.
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 version Beria 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.
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