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Official Alphabet of the Amazigh :Tamazight

The Tifinagh alphabet is thought to have derived from the ancient Amazigh script. The name Tifinagh possibly means ‘the Phoenician letters’, or possibly from the phrase tifin negh, which means ‘our invention’.

Amazigh languages, family of languages in the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. As they are the most homogeneous division within Afro-Asiatic, the Amazigh languages have often been referred to as a single language in the past (especially in the tradition of French scholarship). Amazigh languages are spoken today by some 14 million people, mostly in scattered enclaves found in the Maghrib, a large region of northern Africa between Egypt’s Siwa Oasisand Mauretania. The heaviest concentration of Amazigh speakers is found in Morocco.

Major Amazigh languages include Tashelhiyt (Shilha), Tarifit, Kabyle, Tamazight, and Tamahaq. The family may also include extinct languages such as the Guanche languages of the Canary Islands, Old Libyan (Numidian), and Old Mauretanian, which are known from inscriptions but have not yet been studied thoroughly enough to make any affirmative generalizations about their linguistic characteristics. Another possible member is the language called Iberian, after whose speakers theIberian Peninsula is named. An old consonantal alphabet (tifinagh) has survived among the Tuareg. It relates to the early Libyan inscriptions and the Phoenician quasi-alphabet.

Unlike some members of the Afro-Asiatic phylum, Amazigh languages are not tone languages. They do, however, include emphatic consonants (those formed deeply in the vocal tract), which occur in inherited words (such as ḍ and ẓ) and in the many loanwords from Arabic (such as ṣ). Pharyngeal consonants (those articulated at the back of the vocal tract with the pharynx), such as ḥ and ʿ (“ayn”), are found only in Arabic loanwords. Long consonants are quite common and are due to both gemination (doubling) and assimilation (i.e., when two adjacent but different consonants become identical in pronunciation, as with /b/ + /p/ in the English word “cupboard”).

The sound system is further complicated by the fact that different consonants and vowels may share some of their pronunciations, at times in relation to length. For example, w may be pronounced /w/ or /u/ when it is short but /gg^W/, /kk/, or /bb^W/ when it is long. There are three full vowels (a, i, and u). Groups of consonants are made pronounceable by prothesis or epenthesis (the insertion of a vowel at the beginning or in the middle of a word, respectively). Amazigh languages usually insert the vowel ə (“schwa”), which, however, is described as a full vowel for some varieties such as Southern Amazigh, Figuig, and most recently, for Siwi (in Egypt). These languages also have a system in which some consonants, called “weak radicals,” can be used as vowels depending on where they occur within the word; the weak radicals y and w, for instance, can become the vowels i and u.

Nicholas V. Sanchez’s Sketchbook Ink Drawings.

Talented artist Nicholas V. Sanchez has an incredible ability at sketching realistic recreations of classical art, portraits and animals with just ballpoint pens in his Moleskine notebooks. If you love these, don’t miss his paintings.

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A sequel to my top 10 disturbing documentaries

Through the Wormhole: Is there Life After Death: My most favorite one because it’s on a topic, that’s my life goal to answer scientifically. Morgan Freedman dives deep into this question, using neuroscience and quantum physics as an attempt to figure out an answer.
Extraordinary People: The Little Mermaid: The story of Shiloh Pepin, the girl who was born with her legs fused together so she resembles a mermaid. This website described it as “her incredible story is a rollercoaster of emotions—one minute, you’re laughing at her precocious, adorable personality, the next you’re crying at the injustice of the world and her beyond-her-years wisdom.”
The Boy Who Lived Before: Fascinating reincarnation case about a 5 year old boy who remembers a past life.
The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes: Ben Underwood had his eyes removed at the age of 3 because of retinal cancer. But he uses echolocation (like dolphins) to do many things like get around and even play sports.
The Twins Who Share a Body: Take a look into the world of twins who share one body.
Magic of the Unconscious: Your unconscious mind is a lot more powerful than you think
A Virus Called Fear: The power of fear and what irrational fear can lead to. This is a short documentary, about 20 minutes.
The Brain, Sensory Deprivation and Isolation: Six ordinary people faced complete sensory deprivation. What happens to the brain when this happens? I couldn’t find the full documentary and linked you to the video with program highlights.
The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time: Dive into the world of Pompeii, an ancient city destroyed by the volcano Vesuvius, where there are the hardened remains of people in the last few seconds of their lives.
Children of Darkness: Tragic as it is interesting, this oscar winning documentary explores the lives of mentally ill children and exposes the abuse they faced in Eastern State School and Hospital.

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These all sound fascinating tbh

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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Nicholas V. Sanchez’s Sketchbook Ink Drawings.