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DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched
| Alternate Names | Zaghawa alphabet, Beria alphabet, Beria Branding Script |
|---|---|
| Type | Alphabet |
| Family | Eastern-Sudanic Nilo-Saharan |
| Direction | LTR |
| Diacritics | Yes |
| Contextual Forms | No |
| Capitals Used | Yes |
| Glyphs | 52 |
| Inventor | Adam Abdalla Issa |
| Earliest Location | Eastern Central Chad |
| Earliest Date | 1986 CE |
| Latest Date | Present |
| Ancestry |
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Unicode has not yet approved this script. We will update this article in the future.
The script is problematic within the context of actual usage. While it is used today it is typically used self-referentially in the process of expanding or attempting to create a lasting orthography, the Rovenchak describes the script as “not [having] spread within Beria people” (77).
| Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priest, Lorna A. | 2008 | Preliminary proposal to encode Beria Giray Erfe (or Beria Branding Script) | Unicode |