▁period . ▁It ▁was ▁used ▁from ▁ 3 0 0 ▁B CE ▁to ▁ 4 0 0 ▁CE . ▁ ▁T if in agh ▁The ▁T if in agh ▁alphabet ▁is ▁still ▁act ively ▁used ▁to ▁varying ▁degrees ▁in ▁trade ▁and ▁modern ized ▁forms ▁for ▁writing ▁of ▁Ber ber ▁languages ▁( T am az ight , ▁Tam as he k , ▁etc .) ▁of ▁the ▁Mag h reb , ▁Sah ara , ▁and ▁Sah el ▁regions ▁( S av age ▁ 2 0 0 8 ). ▁ ▁Ne o - T if in agh ▁is ▁encoded ▁in ▁the ▁Unicode ▁range ▁U + 2 D 3 0 ▁to ▁U + 2 D 7 F , ▁starting ▁from ▁version ▁ 4 . 1 . 0 . ▁There ▁are ▁ 5 5 ▁defined ▁characters , ▁but ▁there ▁are ▁more ▁characters ▁being ▁used ▁than ▁those ▁defined . ▁In ▁ISO ▁ 1 5 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁code ▁T f ng ▁is ▁assigned ▁to ▁Ne o - T if in agh . ▁ ▁Ge ' ez ▁ ▁The ▁Ge ' ez ▁script ▁is ▁an ▁ab ug ida ▁that ▁was ▁developed ▁in ▁Horn ▁of ▁Africa ▁in ▁the ▁ 8 th - 9 th ▁century ▁BC ▁for ▁writing ▁the ▁Ge ' ez ▁language . ▁The ▁script ▁is ▁used ▁today ▁in ▁Eth iop ia ▁and ▁E rit rea ▁for ▁Am har ic , ▁T igr in ya , ▁and ▁several ▁other ▁languages . ▁It ▁is ▁sometimes ▁called ▁Eth iop ic , ▁and ▁is ▁known ▁in ▁Eth iop ia ▁as ▁the