Editing Tifinagh (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''tifinagh'' (singular ''tafinəq'' < *ta-finəɣ-t) is thought by some scholars to be a Berberized feminine plural cognate or adaptation of the Latin word ''Punicus'' 'Punic, Phoenician' through the Berber feminine prefix ''ti-'' and the root '''√'''FNƔ < *'''√'''PNQ < Latin ''Punicus''; thus ''tifinagh'' could possibly mean 'the Phoenician (letters)'<ref name="centrederechercheberbere.fr">[https://www.centrederechercheberbere.fr/lecriture-libyco-berbere.html L'ECRITURE LIBYCO-BERBERE: Etat des lieux et perspectives]</ref><ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Penchoen|1973|p=3}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Harvcoltxt|O'Connor|2006|p=115}}</ref> or 'the Punic letters'. Others support an etymology involving the Tuareg verb ''efnegh'' 'to write'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Africa's ancient scripts counter European ideas of literacy|url=https://aeon.co/essays/africas-ancient-scripts-counter-european-ideas-of-literacy|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Aeon|language=en|author = D. Vance Smith}}</ref> However, the Tuareg verb ''efnegh'' is probably derived from the noun ''Tifinagh'' because all the northern Berbers of Morocco, northern Algeria, Tunisia and northern Libya have a different (and probably older) verb ''ari ~ aru ~ ara'' 'to write'.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}