{"id":9538,"date":"2020-12-03T16:36:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/?p=9538"},"modified":"2020-12-03T16:48:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:48:48","slug":"a-town-in-kabylie-adds-tifinagh-to-street-signs-and-billboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/a-town-in-kabylie-adds-tifinagh-to-street-signs-and-billboards\/","title":{"rendered":"A Town in Kabylie adds Tifinagh to Street Signs and Billboards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It took a long time but, it\u2019s happening, now drive through parts of Lareb\u025ba n Ayt Yiraten streets, a small town near Tizi Ouzzou in Kabylie, and you may notice streets name signs and town billboards being written in Tamazight Language in both Tifinagh and in latin alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>[ads1]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is aiming to revive the use of Tamazight language script after being completely dominated for decades by the use of mainly Arab and French script in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Changes will also include cities and towns names, as well as tourism destinations, including historic and natural sites in Tizi Ouzzou and surrounding areas in future.<\/p>\n<p>[ads1]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tifinagh is one of the oldest traditional writing system in the world used to write the Amazigh languages spoken in North Africa for centuries, the oldest evidence dates back to around 3000BC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9551 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ansuf-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ansuf-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ansuf-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ansuf-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ansuf-310x165.jpg 310w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ansuf.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9552 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-23-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-23-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-23-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-23-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-23.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9553 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign1-2-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign1-2-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign1-2-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign1-2-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign1-2.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9554 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign2-2-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign2-2-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign2-2-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign2-2-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amazighworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kabyle-sign2-2.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[ads1]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took a long time but, it\u2019s happening, now drive through parts of Lareb\u025ba n Ayt Yiraten streets, a small town near Tizi Ouzzou in Kabylie, and you may notice streets name signs and town billboards being written in Tamazight Language in both Tifinagh and in latin alphabet. 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