Introduction

This is an Awngi & Xamtanga/Khimtanga (አዊ & ኽምጣጘ, ISO-639-3 awn & xan) language mnemonic input method and should also be suitable for the related Qimant (ahq) language. It requires a font supporting Ethiopic script under the Unicode 4.1 standard. The keyboard is “mnemonic” and designed for the US English QWERTY keyboard. This means that the keyboard is designed to be intuitive and natural with respect to the sounds available in the English language via the standard English keyboard (known as QWERTY). The keyboard also supports mnemonic mappings from non-English letters found in European keyboards. The keyboard is believed to be suitable for the related Qimant (ahg) language as well.

A more complete typing manual is provided as a PDF file with this distribution.

	ቤተሰብ	ካዕብ	ሣልስ	ግዕዝ	ራብዕ	ኃምስ	ሳድስ	ሳብዕ	ዘመደ፡ግዕዝ	ዘመደ፡ካዕብ	ዘመደ፡ሣልስ	ዘመደ፡ራብዕ	ዘመደ፡ኃምስ
ቤተሰብ	Key	+[eE]	+[uU]	+[iI]	+[aA]	+[iI][eE]		+[oO]	+[uU][eE]	+[uU][uU]	+[uU][iI]	+[uU][aA]	+[uU][iI][eE]
ሆይ	h	ሀ	ሁ	ሂ	ሃ	ሄ	ህ	ሆ						h
ላዊ	[lL]	ለ	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል	ሎ				ሏ		l
ሐውት	H	ሐ	ሑ	ሒ	ሓ	ሔ	ሕ	ሖ				ሗ		ħ
ማይ	[mM]	መ	ሙ	ሚ	ማ	ሜ	ም	ሞ				ሟ		m
ሠውት	ss	ሠ	ሡ	ሢ	ሣ	ሤ	ሥ	ሦ				ሧ		s
ርእስ	[rR]	ረ	ሩ	ሪ	ራ	ሬ	ር	ሮ				ሯ		r
ሳት	s	ሰ	ሱ	ሲ	ሳ	ሴ	ስ	ሶ				ሷ		s
ሻ-ሳት	[xX]	ሸ	ሹ	ሺ	ሻ	ሼ	ሽ	ሾ				ሿ		ʃ
ቃፍ	[qQ]	ቀ	ቁ	ቂ	ቃ	ቄ	ቅ	ቆ	ቈ	ቍ	ቊ	ቋ	ቌ	kʼ
ቓ-ቃፍ	Q	ቐ	ቑ	ቒ	ቓ	ቔ	ቕ	ቖ	ቘ	ቚ	ቊ	ቛ	ቜ	ʁ
ቤት	[bB]	በ	ቡ	ቢ	ባ	ቤ	ብ	ቦ				ቧ		b
ቨ-ቤት	[vV]	ቨ	ቩ	ቪ	ቫ	ቬ	ቭ	ቮ				ቯ		v
ታው	t	ተ	ቱ	ቲ	ታ	ቴ	ት	ቶ				ቷ		t
ቻ-ታው	c	ቸ	ቹ	ቺ	ቻ	ቼ	ች	ቾ				ቿ		ʧ
ኀርም	hh	ኀ	ኁ	ኂ	ኃ	ኄ	ኅ	ኆ	ኈ	ኍ	ኊ	ኋ	ኌ	h
ነሐስ	n	ነ	ኑ	ኒ	ና	ኔ	ን	ኖ				ኗ		n
ኘ-ነሐስ	N	ኘ	ኙ	ኚ	ኛ	ኜ	ኝ	ኞ				ኟ		ɲ
አልፍ		አ a	ኡ u	ኢ i	ኣ aaaa	ኤ ie	እ e	ኦ o						ʔ
ካፍ	k	ከ	ኩ	ኪ	ካ	ኬ	ክ	ኮ	ኰ	ኵ	ኲ	ኳ	ኴ	k
ኻ-ካፍ	K	ኸ	ኹ	ኺ	ኻ	ኼ	ኽ	ኾ	ዀ	ዅ	ዂ	ዃ	ዄ	x
ወዌ	[wW]	ወ	ዉ	ዊ	ዋ	ዌ	ው	ዎ						w
ዐይን		ዐ aaa	ዑ uu	ዒ ii	ዓ aa	ዔ iie	ዕ ee	ዖ oo						ʕ
ዘይ	z	ዘ	ዙ	ዚ	ዛ	ዜ	ዝ	ዞ				ዟ		z
ዠ-ዘይ	Z	ዠ	ዡ	ዢ	ዣ	ዤ	ዥ	ዦ				ዧ		ʒ
የመን	[yY]	የ	ዩ	ዪ	ያ	ዬ	ይ	ዮ						y
ድንት	d	ደ	ዱ	ዲ	ዳ	ዴ	ድ	ዶ				ዷ		d
ጀ-ድንት	[jJ]	ጀ	ጁ	ጂ	ጃ	ጄ	ጅ	ጆ				ጇ		ʤ
ገምል	[gG]	ገ	ጉ	ጊ	ጋ	ጌ	ግ	ጎ	ጐ	ጕ	ጒ	ጓ	ጔ	g
ጘ-ገምል	G	ጘ	ጙ	ጚ	ጛ	ጜ	ጝ	ጞ	ⶓ	ⶖ	ⶔ	ጟ	ⶕ	ŋ
ጠይት	T	ጠ	ጡ	ጢ	ጣ	ጤ	ጥ	ጦ				ጧ		tʼ
ጨ-ጠይት	C	ጨ	ጩ	ጪ	ጫ	ጬ	ጭ	ጮ				ጯ		ʧʼ
ጰይት	P	ጰ	ጱ	ጲ	ጳ	ጴ	ጵ	ጶ				ጷ		pʼ
ጸደይ	S	ጸ	ጹ	ጺ	ጻ	ጼ	ጽ	ጾ				ጿ		sʼ
ፀጳ	SS	ፀ	ፁ	ፂ	ፃ	ፄ	ፅ	ፆ						sʼ
አፍ	[fF]	ፈ	ፉ	ፊ	ፋ	ፌ	ፍ	ፎ				ፏ		f
ፕሳ	p	ፐ	ፑ	ፒ	ፓ	ፔ	ፕ	ፖ				ፗ		p
		+ə	+u	+i	+a	+e	ɨ/-	+o	+ʷə	+ʷu	+ʷi	+ʷa	+ʷe	IPA

Dots can be added above letters to indicate a stressed vowel or consonant using “CTRL + . ”. For example:

አባ CTRL .	⇒	አባ፞ (“abaa”, “a” is stressed)
አባ፞ CTRL .	⇒	አባ፟ (“abba”, “b” is stressed)
አባ፟ CTRL .	⇒	አባ፝ (“abbaa”, “b” and “a” are stressed)

Ethiopic Punctuation

Keystrokes	,	::	,,	;	;;	:-	:+	:#	??
Punctuation	፡	።	፥	፣	፤	፦	፠	፨	፧

Period, ‘.’ may also be used to enter ‘።’. When a number follows ‘፡’ and ‘።’ they will change back to their Latin form automatically. For example:

123፡456 ⇒ 123,456
12።50 ⇒ 12.50

Keyboard Punctuation

All regular punctuation on your keyboard remains available. Most punctuation can be typed with a single keystroke as usual. Those used to input Ethiopic symbols can be entered by hitting the punctuation key two or more times until it appears.

Ethiopic Numerals

Keystrokes	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9
Numeral	፩	፪	፫	፬	፭	፮	፯	፰	፱
Keystrokes	#10	#20	#30	#40	#50	#60	#70	#80	#90
Numeral	፲	፳	፴	፵	፶	፷	፸	፹	፺
Keystrokes	#100	#1000	#10000
Numeral	፻	፲፻	፼

Numeral composition will continue as 0s are entered up to ፼፼ (100,000,000).

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