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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.

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[edit] Currently adopted system

[edit] Simple

[edit] Vowels

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

  1. None yet, please see talk page.

[edit] Complex

[edit] 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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[edit] 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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[edit] Current proposals

[edit] Simple

[edit] Vowels

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[edit] Complex

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