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.
Download an alphabet chart for Zaghawa (Excel)
Information about Zaghawa | Zaghawa Beria Alphabet | Numbers
Information about the Zaghawa Beria alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaghawa_alphabet
https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/alphabets/beria/
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08265-beria-branding.pdf
Zaghawa Beria Font
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ZaghawaBeria_Home
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