Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions
A few hypotheses about the origin of the so-called “Libyan” alphabets are presented. Attested in more than a thousand inscriptions from Libya to the Canary Islands in northern Africa, these alphabets are probably the forebears of the current ones used by the Tuareg. The only inscription that has bee...
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| description | A few hypotheses about the origin of the so-called “Libyan” alphabets are presented. Attested in more than a thousand inscriptions from Libya to the Canary Islands in northern Africa, these alphabets are probably the forebears of the current ones used by the Tuareg. The only inscription that has been dated (139 BCE) with a reasonable degree of certainty is bilingual, Libyco-Punic, from Dougga in Tunisia. The “Libyan” alphabets apparently already existed, several centuries earlier. Their creators borrowed a few — at least four — letters from the Phoenician/Punic alphabets; and apparently used simple geometric procedures, which are reconstituted herein, for the other letters. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e3861d498c8e4b33914b5334cb64600b2025-01-09T13:02:45ZdeuInstitut des Mondes AfricainsAfriques2108-67962013-06-0110.4000/afriques.1203Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositionsDominique CasajusA few hypotheses about the origin of the so-called “Libyan” alphabets are presented. Attested in more than a thousand inscriptions from Libya to the Canary Islands in northern Africa, these alphabets are probably the forebears of the current ones used by the Tuareg. The only inscription that has been dated (139 BCE) with a reasonable degree of certainty is bilingual, Libyco-Punic, from Dougga in Tunisia. The “Libyan” alphabets apparently already existed, several centuries earlier. Their creators borrowed a few — at least four — letters from the Phoenician/Punic alphabets; and apparently used simple geometric procedures, which are reconstituted herein, for the other letters.https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1203DouggaTunisiaNumidiaCarthagephoenician alphabetLibyco-Berber alphabet |
| spellingShingle | Dominique Casajus Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions Afriques Dougga Tunisia Numidia Carthage phoenician alphabet Libyco-Berber alphabet |
| title | Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions |
| title_full | Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions |
| title_fullStr | Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions |
| title_short | Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions |
| title_sort | sur l origine de l ecriture libyque quelques propositions |
| topic | Dougga Tunisia Numidia Carthage phoenician alphabet Libyco-Berber alphabet |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1203 |
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