Amazigh (Berber) Flag

Facts about the Flag of Amazigh (Berber) Flag

1. The blue, green and yellow bands stand for the sea, the mountains and the desert, with the red Tifinagh letter yaz in the centre.
2. Tifinagh is a script of ancient origin still used to write Tamazight languages.
3. The flag of the Amazigh (Berber) peoples of North Africa, standardised by the Amazigh World Congress in 1998.
4. The flag belongs to the Amazigh World Congress. It is used in North Africa, from Morocco to the Siwa Oasis.
5. It was founded in 1998, when it was standardised.
6. The flag was adopted in 1998.
7. The design is 28 years old as of 2026.
8. Construction: Horizontal tricolour with the yaz character.
9. It is normally drawn to a ratio of 2:3, which makes it rectangular.
10. The flag uses 4 colours: blue, green, yellow and red.
11. The blue stands for the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
12. The green stands for the mountains and fertile land.
13. The yellow stands for the Sahara Desert.
14. The red stands for life, resistance and the yaz.
15. Yaz (ⴽ): The letter of the Tifinagh alphabet standing for the free man, from which the name Amazigh comes.
16. It is filed here under Identity and Pride Flags, one of the categories of flag that belong to no country.