suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Ph. D." <phild@...> wrote:
> > Could we drop this thread?
>
> I think we should. I accidently confused Tifinagh, the script, with
> Tamazight, the language, much to my regret.
>
> I am really only interested in how Tifinagh is slowly being
> standardized as its functions and uses are being extended. Often
> minority scripts have various different forms and resist
> standardization. I am curious to see whether the Neo-Tifinagh
> script will achieve widespread use among Tamazight speakers, of whom
> I understand there are many.
>
> There are apparently families who speak Tamazight as their first
> language in the home here in Vncouver. I wonder what their first
> language of literacy would be and what script they would be most
> familiar with.

English and roman respectively.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...