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ⵎ U+2D4E, ⵎ TIFINAGH LETTER YAM ← ⵍ [U+2D4D] Tifinagh ⵏ → [U+2D4F]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jam/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

ⵎ (m)

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

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

From the Moroccan Amazigh letter ⵎ (m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [m̩]

Letter:

• IPA^(key): /jam/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [jæ̝m]

Letter

ⵎ • (m)

1. yam, a Tifinagh letter, the seventeenth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from the Tuareg Tifinagh letter ⵎ, from the Libyco-Berber letter (m), possibly from the Phoenician letter 𐤌‎ (m‎). Compare Samaritan letter ࠌ (m) and Nabatean letter 𐢓 (m).

Letter

ⵎ (m)

1. yam, a Tifinagh letter, the seventeenth 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

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