Its name comes from the words Tifinagh"Ghom" meaning "tribe" and sensitive meaning "chief".
The independent rebel Libya TV, based in Qatar, has included the Berber language and the Tifinagh alphabet in some of its programming.
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Lounès Matoub (in Kabyle: Lwennas Maṭub, in Tifinagh: ⵍⵡⴻⵏⵏⴰⵙ ⵎⴰⵟⵓⴱ, Algerian Arabic: مطوب لوناس) (January 24, 1956 – June 25, 1998) was a famous Berber Kabyle singer,poet,thinker and mondol player who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause, human rights and secularism in Algeria throughout his life.
Tamazgha or Tamazɣa (in Tifinagh script: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵖⴰ) is a Berber word employed for the area more often known as the Maghreb or North Africa, covering the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Niger River, from Siwa Oasis to the Canary Islands.