The transcription system has been adapted to the technical and scientific context of the database. The following conventions have been used (Table 7):

Table 7: Transcription conventions in the LWT Tarifiyt Berber database

LWT usage IPA Standard linguistic transcription of Tarifiyt Official Tarifiyt orthography (Lafkioui 1997)

ā a: ā ar, er, re

ā’ a:ˁ ạ̄ aṛ, eṛ, ṛe

ƀ β ḇ b

č ʧ č lt

ç ɕ ḵ k, y

d’ dˁ ḍ ḍ

đ δ ḏ d

đ’ δˁ ḏ̣ ḍ

ə ə e e

ǧǧ ʤ(:) ǧǧ ll

ħ ħ ḥ ḥ

ia ea ia ir

l’ lˁ ḷ ḷ

r ɾ r r

r’ ɾˁ ṛ ṛ

ř r ř l

š ʃ š c, k

s’ sˁ ṣ ṣ

ŧ θ ṯ ṯ

t’ tˁ ṭ ṭ

ua oa ua ur

y j y y

z’ zˁ ẓ ẓ

ž ʒ ž j

ʔ ʔ ’ ’

ʕ ʕ ɛ ɛ