ⴱ

ⴱ U+2D31, ⴱ TIFINAGH LETTER YAB ← ⴰ [U+2D30] Tifinagh ⴲ → [U+2D32]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jab/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

ⴱ (b)

1. A Tifinagh letter: the second letter of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [əβ]

Letter:

• IPA^(key): /jab/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [jæ̝β]

Letter

ⴱ • (b)

1. yab, a Tifinagh letter, the second of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from the Tuareg Tifinagh letter ⴱ (b), a Kidal's variant of ⵀ (b), possibly from the Libyco-Berber letter , (b), from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (beth (house)), ultimately from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉐 (“pr (“house”)”).

Letter

ⴱ (b)

1. yab, a Tifinagh letter, the second of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

See also

• Neo-Tifinagh script letters: ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (iskkiln): ⴰ, ⴱ, ⴳ, ⴷ, ⴹ, ⴻ, ⴼ, ⴽ, ⵀ, ⵃ, ⵄ, ⵅ, ⵇ, ⵉ, ⵊ, ⵍ, ⵎ, ⵏ, ⵓ, ⵔ, ⵕ, ⵖ, ⵙ, ⵚ, ⵛ, ⵜ, ⵟ, ⵡ, ⵢ, ⵣ, ⵥ ^[edit]

References

• “ⴱ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022