ako ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁and ▁one ▁in ▁Ni ame y ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁The ▁latter ▁produced ▁the ▁African ▁reference ▁alphabet . ▁Vari ous ▁country - level ▁standard izations ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁made ▁or ▁proposed , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Pan - N iger ian ▁alphabet . ▁A ▁Ber ber ▁Latin ▁alphabet ▁for ▁northern ▁Ber ber ▁includes ▁extended ▁Latin ▁characters ▁and ▁two ▁Greek ▁letters . ▁ ▁Such ▁discuss ions ▁continue , ▁especially ▁on ▁more ▁local ▁scales ▁regarding ▁cross - border ▁languages . ▁ ▁Heb rew ▁There ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁Jewish ▁presence ▁in ▁North ▁Africa ▁for ▁mill enn ia , ▁with ▁communities ▁speaking ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁different ▁languages . ▁ ▁Though ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁written ▁with ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁script ▁( as ▁is ▁the ▁case ▁with ▁J ude o - T un is ian ▁Arab ic ) ▁or ▁with ▁Ge ' ez ▁( as ▁with ▁Kay la ▁and ▁Q w ara ), ▁many - ▁including ▁H ak et ia ▁and ▁several ▁forms ▁of ▁J ude o - A rab ic - ▁have ▁made ▁frequent ▁or ▁exclusive ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁alphabet . ▁ ▁Office / comput er ▁technology , ▁fonts ▁and ▁standards ▁ ▁Type writ ers ▁There ▁is ▁not ▁much ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁adaptation ▁of ▁type writ ers ▁to ▁African ▁language ▁needs ▁( ap art ▁from ▁Arab ic , ▁and ▁the ▁African ▁languages ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁use ▁any ▁modified ▁Latin ▁letters ). ▁There ▁were ▁apparently ▁some ▁type writ ers ▁fitted ▁with ▁keys ▁for ▁typing ▁Niger ian