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.

Vowels

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

Vowels

 * 1) Long vowels are marked with a macron:
 * 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." &mdash; 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:
 * 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. &mdash; ዮም  |  (Yom)  |  Talk  • contribs • Ethiopia 20:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) add a proposal here.

Vowels

 * 1) Add a proposal here.

Consonants

 * 1) Add a proposal here.

Vowels

 * 1) Add a proposal here.

Consonants

 * 1) Add a proposal here.