Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethiopia/Transliteration

No simple consonant transliteration system has been adopted yet. A complex transliteration system and a simple vowel transliteration system has been adopted, but editors are free to make new proposals. A complex Ge'ez transliteration system has not yet been adopted. See Mike Gasser's /naming conventions for some of the proposals/options. All discussion is to take place on the talk page.

Currently adopted system

Simple

Vowels

1. Five basic vowels (a, e, i, o, u) plus é for 5th order vowel:

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   ለ	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል	ሎ
   e	u	i (or: í)	a	é	i	o

   í can be used for ሊ in case the distinction is extremely important. yhever 12:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
   
   

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Consonants

1. None yet, please see talk page.

Complex

Vowels

1. Long vowels are marked with a macron:

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   ለ (ወ)	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል (ው)	ሎ
   e (but: wo)	ū	ī	ā (or: a)	ē	i (but: wu)	ō

   The variants "o" for the 1st order vowel and "u" for the 6th order vowel are only optional. yhever 12:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

   For Ge'ez and Tigre, first order "e" is "a." — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk • E 08:55, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
   
   

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Consonants

1. Wolf Leslau's transcription with ḳ for ቀ and ẋ for ቐ:

   ሀ

   ለ

   ሐ

   መ

   ሠ

   ረ

   ሰ

   ሸ

   ቀ

   ቐ

   በ

   ቨ

   ተ

   ቸ

   ኀ

   ነ

   ኘ

   h

   l

   ḥ (or: h)

   m

   ś (or: s)

   r

   s

   š

   ḳ

   ẋ

   b

   v

   t

   č

   ḫ (or: h)

   n

   ñ

   አ

   ከ

   ኸ

   ወ

   ዐ

   ዘ

   ዠ

   የ

   ደ

   ጀ

   ገ

   ጠ

   ጨ

   ጰ

   ጸ

   ፀ

   ፈ

   ፐ

   ’ (or nothing)

   k

   x (or: h)

   w

   ‘

   z

   ž

   y

   d

   ǧ

   g

   ṭ

   č̣

   ṗ

   ṣ

   ṣ́ (or ṣ)

   f

   p

   Letters with more than one option for transcription depend on the language in question:

   in Amharic the two s sounds (ሰ and ሠ) are s, the two ṣ sounds (ጸ and ፀ) are ṣ, the four h sounds (ሀ, ሐ, ኀ and ኸ) are h and አ and ዐ are left blank in the transcription when beginning a word.

   As for Ge`ez, ኸ does not occur, but the other letters should be distinguished in the transcription (s vs. ś; ṣ vs. ṣ́; h vs. ḥ vs. ḫ; ’ vs. ‘).

   Tigrinya is similar to Amharic, but ኸ should be x, ሐ should be ḥ and ’ and ‘ should be transcribed and differentiated.

   yhever 14:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

   Note that Argobba has retained a "ḫ" sound from Ge'ez that is not an alophone as in Tigre and Tigrinya. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
   
   

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Current proposals

Simple

Vowels

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Consonants

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Complex

Vowels

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Consonants

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