Harari (Sabai harfi) Keyboard Help
Harari (Sabai harfi) Unicode Keyboard Layout
Version 2.1
© 2009 State Library of Victoria and the Australian Saay Harari Association
This keyboard layout was designed for use with the Harari Ethiopic (Geez) orthography. The input sequences are based on the Harari Latin orthography adopted by the Harari Community Language school in Melbourne, Australia. The Latin script is used to teach the younger Harari children their own language.
This keyboard layout has been designed to facilitate typing in the Ethiopic (Geez) script by young students who have studied the Harari language using the Latin script.
if you have not learnt Harari using the Latin orthography, please use one of the other Ethiopic keyboard layouts that are available
How to type Harari characters
| a | u | i | a[ | e | - | o | e[ | i[ | o[ | u[ | |
| h] | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | ሄ́ | ሂ́ | ሆ́ | ሁ́ |
| l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | ሌ́ | ሊ́ | ሎ́ | ሉ́ |
| h | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | ሔ́ | ሒ́ | ሖ́ | ሑ́ |
| m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | ሜ́ | ሚ́ | ሞ́ | ሙ́ |
| t] | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | ሤ́ | ሢ́ | ሦ́ | ሡ́ |
| r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | ሬ́ | ሪ́ | ሮ́ | ሩ́ |
| s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | ሴ́ | ሲ́ | ሶ́ | ሱ́ |
| sh | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | ሼ́ | ሺ́ | ሾ́ | ሹ́ |
| q | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | ቄ́ | ቂ́ | ቆ́ | ቁ́ |
| b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | ቤ́ | ቢ́ | ቦ́ | ቡ́ |
| t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | ቴ́ | ቲ́ | ቶ́ | ቱ́ |
| ch | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | ቼ́ | ቺ́ | ቾ́ | ቹ́ |
| gh | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ | ኄ́ | ኂ́ | ኆ́ | ኁ́ |
| n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | ኔ́ | ኒ́ | ኖ́ | ኑ́ |
| gn | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | ኜ́ | ኚ́ | ኞ́ | ኙ́ |
| ` | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | ኤ́ | ኢ́ | ኦ́ | ኡ́ |
| k | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | ኬ́ | ኪ́ | ኮ́ | ኩ́ |
| kh | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | ኼ́ | ኺ́ | ኾ́ | ኹ́ |
| w | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | ዌ́ | ዊ́ | ዎ́ | ዉ́ |
| a] | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | ዔ́ | ዒ́ | ዖ́ | ዑ́ |
| z | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | ዜ́ | ዚ́ | ዞ́ | ዙ́ |
| dh | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ | ፄ́ | ፂ́ | ፆ́ | ፁ́ |
| zh | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | ዤ́ | ዢ́ | ዦ́ | ዡ́ |
| y | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | ዬ́ | ዪ́ | ዮ́ | ዩ́ |
| d | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | ዴ́ | ዲ́ | ዶ́ | ዱ́ |
| xh | ዸ | ዹ | ዺ | ዻ | ዼ | ዽ | ዾ | ዼ́ | ዺ́ | ዾ́ | ዹ́ |
| j | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | ጄ́ | ጂ́ | ጆ́ | ጁ́ |
| g | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | ጌ́ | ጊ́ | ጎ́ | ጉ́ |
| x | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | ጤ́ | ጢ́ | ጦ́ | ጡ́ |
| c | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | ጬ́ | ጪ́ | ጮ́ | ጩ́ |
| d] | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | ጳ́ | ጲ́ | ጶ́ | ጱ́ |
| s] | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | ጼ́ | ጺ́ | ጾ́ | ጹ́ |
| f | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | ፌ́ | ፊ́ | ፎ́ | ፉ́ |
| p | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | ፔ́ | ፒ́ | ፖ́ | ፑ́ |
| v | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | ቬ́ | ቪ́ | ቮ́ | ቩ́ |
| z] | ⶰ | ⶱ | ⶲ | ⶳ | ⶴ | ⶵ | ⶶ | ⶴ́ | ⶲ́ | ⶶ́ | ⶱ́ |
The “\” key has a number of functions, it:
- indicates that the preceding consonant is an isolated consonant rather than part of a digraph, e.g. hêgʼna (ሔ́ግነ - replace);
- distinguishes between a double digraph and a consonant followed by digraph, magʼgna (መግኘ - throwing);
- distinguishes between a consonant and an isolated vowel Gaz’i (ገዝኢ - God); or
- following a vowel it indicates that the vowel is stressed raʼyi (ረእዪ - idea) or usuʼ (ኡሱእ - people).
Punctuation
| Shift + Space bar | ፡ |
| , | ፣ |
| . | ። |
| ; | ፥ |
| : | ፤ |
| < | ፦ |
| > | ፨ |
Numbers
| - | 0 | 00 | 0000 | |
| 1 | ፩ | ፲ | ፻ | ፼ |
| 2 | ፪ | ፳ | ||
| 3 | ፫ | ፴ | ||
| 4 | ፬ | ፵ | ||
| 5 | ፭ | ፶ | ||
| 6 | ፮ | ፷ | ||
| 7 | ፯ | ፸ | ||
| 8 | ፰ | ፹ | ||
| 9 | ፱ | ፺ |
To type a number you need to first type the tilde (~) key. To get:
- ፪ type ~2
- ፳፭ type ~205 (20, 5)
- ፻፳፭ type ~100205 (100, 20, 5)
- ፮፻፳፭ type ~6100205 (6, 100, 20, 5)
- ፳፻፰ type ~201008 (20, 100, 8)
Fonts
The Abysinnica SIL font is installed with the Harari (Ethiopic) keyboard layout.
