• The Geʾez Frontier Foundation Keyboard for Amharic (አማርኛ) Language

    Introduction

    This is an Amharic (amh, አማርኛ) language mnemonic input method that applies Ethiopian writing conventions. It requires a font supporting Ethiopic script under the Unicode 3.0 standard (two historic punctuation marks require Unicode 4.1 support). The Amharic 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.

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

    Typing Letters

    Only the letters used in Amharic may be typed with this keyboard. To type additional Ethiopic letters used by other languages, please download a keyboard for the language needed or the language-neutral keyboard that supports composition of all Ethiopic symbols found in Unicode 4.1.

    Special Notes:

    • Apostrophe, ' , is a terminator following a ሳድስ (6th form) letter. For example: gebr'iel becomes ገብርኤል, gebriel becomes ገብሬል.

     ቤተሰብካዕብሣልስግዕዝራብዕኃምስሳድስሳብዕዘመደ፡ግዕዝዘመደ፡ካዕብዘመደ፡ሣልስዘመደ፡ራብዕዘመደ፡ኃምስ 
    ቤተሰብKey+[eE]+[uU]+[iI]+[aA]+[iI][eE] +[oO]+[uU][eE]+[uU][uU]+[uU][iI]+[uU][aA]+[uU][iI][eE] 
    ሆይhሀሁሂሃሄህሆ     h
    ላዊ[lL]ለሉሊላሌልሎ   ሏ l
    ሐውትHሐሑሒሓሔሕሖ   ሗ ħ
    ማይ[mM]መሙሚማሜምሞ   ሟ m
    ሠውትssሠሡሢሣሤሥሦ   ሧ s
    ርእስ[rR]ረሩሪራሬርሮ   ሯ r
    ሳትsሰሱሲሳሴስሶ   ሷ s
    ሻ-ሳት[xX]ሸሹሺሻሼሽሾ   ሿ ʃ
    ቃፍ[qQ]ቀቁቂቃቄቅቆቈቍቊቋቌkʼ
    ቤት[bB]በቡቢባቤብቦ   ቧ b
    ቨ-ቤት[vV]ቨቩቪቫቬቭቮ   ቯ v
    ታውtተቱቲታቴትቶ   ቷ t
    ቻ-ታውcቸቹቺቻቼችቾ   ቿ ʧ
    ኀርምhhኀኁኂኃኄኅኆኈኍኊኋኌh
    ነሐስnነኑኒናኔንኖ   ኗ n
    ኘ-ነሐስNኘኙኚኛኜኝኞ   ኟ ɲ
    አልፍ አ
    a
    ኡ
    u
    ኢ
    i
    ኣ
    aaaa
    ኤ
    ie
    እ
    e
    ኦ
    o
         ʔ
    ካፍkከኩኪካኬክኮኰኵኲኳኴk
    ኻ-ካፍKኸኹኺኻኼኽኾዀዅዂዃዄx
    ወዌ[wW]ወዉዊዋዌውዎ     w
    ዐይን ዐ
    aaa
    ዑ
    uu
    ዒ
    ii
    ዓ
    aa
    ዔ
    iie
    ዕ
    ee
    ዖ
    oo
         ʕ
    ዘይzዘዙዚዛዜዝዞ   ዟ z
    ዠ-ዘይZዠዡዢዣዤዥዦ   ዧ ʒ
    የመን[yY]የዩዪያዬይዮ     y
    ድንትdደዱዲዳዴድዶ   ዷ d
    ጀ-ድንት[jJ]ጀጁጂጃጄጅጆ   ጇ ʤ
    ገምል[gG]ገጉጊጋጌግጎጐጕጒጓጔg
    ጠይትTጠጡጢጣጤጥጦ   ጧ tʼ
    ጨ-ጠይትCጨጩጪጫጬጭጮ   ጯ ʧʼ
    ጰይትPጰጱጲጳጴጵጶ   ጷ pʼ
    ጸደይSጸጹጺጻጼጽጾ   ጿ sʼ
    ፀጳSSፀፁፂፃፄፅፆ     sʼ
    አፍ[fF]ፈፉፊፋፌፍፎ   ፏ f
    ፕሳpፐፑፒፓፔፕፖ   ፗ p
      +ə+u+i+a+eɨ/-+o+ʷə+ʷu+ʷi+ʷa+ʷeIPA

    Punctuation

    Ethiopic Punctuation

    Keystrokes :::,,,;:-:+:#<><<>>
    Punctuation ፡።፣፥፤፦፠፨‹›«»

    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.

    Typing Numerals

    Ethiopic Numerals

    Keystrokes #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9
    Numeral ፩፪፫፬፭፮፯፰፱
    Keystrokes #10#20#30#40#50#60#70#80#90
    Numeral ፲፳፴፵፶፷፸፹፺
    Keystrokes #100#1000#10000
    Numeral ፻፲፻፼

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

    Typing Practice

    An Amharic typing practice document can be downloaded from the link below:

    http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/docs/AmharicTypingPractice.docx



    License

    This keyboard is copyright © Geʾez Frontier Foundation, 1997-2022. It is distributed under the MIT free software license:

    The MIT License (MIT)

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

  • የግዕዝ ፍሮንቲየር ድርጅት የታይፕ ሰሌዳ (Keyboard) ለአማርኛ ቋንቋ

    መግቢያ

    ይህ የኢትዮጵያዊያን የአፃፃፍ ልምድን የሚከተል የአማርኛ (amh, አማርኛ) ቋንቋ የኔሞኒክ ማስገቢያ መንገድ ነው። በUnicode 3.0 standard ስር (Unicode 4.1 ሁለት ታሪካዊ የነጥብ ምልክቶችን እገዛ ይፈልጋል) የኢትዮፒክ ስክሪፕት (Ethiopic script) ፊደል እገዛ ያስፈልገዋል። የአማርኛ ታይፕ ሰሌዳ «ኔሞኒክ» እና ለዪ.ኤስ እንግሊዘኛ «QWERTY» ታይፕ ማድረጊያ ሰሌዳ የተቀረጸ ነው። ይህም ማለት የታይፕ ሰሌዳው ካለምንም እውቀት እና በተፈጥሮ በእንግሊዛኛ ቋንቋ ከሚሰጡት ድምፆችን የእንግሊዘኛ የታይፕ ሰሌዳን (QWERTY በመባል የሚታወቀውን) ተጠቃሚ በማድረግ የተቀረፀ ነው። በተጨማሪም የታይፕ ሰሌዳው በኔሞኒክ እገዛ፣ እንግሊዘኛ ካልሆኑ ፊደላት ከአውሮፓውያን የታይፕ ሰሌዳዎች ጋር የተገናኘ ነው።

    ከዚህ ስርጭት ጋር የተያያዘው የPDF ፋይል በተጨማሪ ሁኔታ ተሟልቶ የተዘጋጀ የታይፕ መምሪያ ያካትታል።

    ፊደላትን ታይፕ ማድረግ

    በአማርኛ የምንጠቀምባቸው ፊደላት ብቻ በዚህ የታይፕ ሰሌዳ ታይፕ ሊደረግ ይችላል። በሌላ ቋንቋ የምንጠቀምባቸውን ሌላ ተጨማሪ የኢትዮፒክ ፊደላትን ለመጠቀም፣ ለሚፈለገው ቋንቋ የሚያገለግለውን የታይፕ ሰሌዳ ወይም የገለልተኛ-ቋንቋ የታይፕ ሰሌዳ ማለትም በUnicode 4.1 የሚገኘውና ሁሉንም የኢትዮፒክ ምልክቶችን ያካተተውን እባክዎን ዳውንሎድ (download) ያድርጉ።

    ልዩ ማስታወሻዎች፦

    • ትዕምርተ ጭረት (Apostrophe)፣ ' ፣ ተከታዩን ሳድስ ፊደልን (6ኛው ቅርፅ) የሚያቋርጥ ነው። ለምሳሌ፦ gebr'iel ሲፃፍ «ገብርኤል» ይሆናል፤ gebriel የሚለው «ገብሬል» እንዳይሆን ያደርገዋል።

     ቤተሰብካዕብሣልስግዕዝራብዕኃምስሳድስሳብዕዘመደ፡ግዕዝዘመደ፡ካዕብዘመደ፡ሣልስዘመደ፡ራብዕዘመደ፡ኃምስ 
    ቤተሰብKey+[eE]+[uU]+[iI]+[aA]+[iI][eE] +[oO]+[uU][eE]+[uU][uU]+[uU][iI]+[uU][aA]+[uU][iI][eE] 
    ሆይhሀሁሂሃሄህሆ     h
    ላዊ[lL]ለሉሊላሌልሎ   ሏ l
    ሐውትHሐሑሒሓሔሕሖ   ሗ ħ
    ማይ[mM]መሙሚማሜምሞ   ሟ m
    ሠውትssሠሡሢሣሤሥሦ   ሧ s
    ርእስ[rR]ረሩሪራሬርሮ   ሯ r
    ሳትsሰሱሲሳሴስሶ   ሷ s
    ሻ-ሳት[xX]ሸሹሺሻሼሽሾ   ሿ ʃ
    ቃፍ[qQ]ቀቁቂቃቄቅቆቈቍቊቋቌkʼ
    ቤት[bB]በቡቢባቤብቦ   ቧ b
    ቨ-ቤት[vV]ቨቩቪቫቬቭቮ   ቯ v
    ታውtተቱቲታቴትቶ   ቷ t
    ቻ-ታውcቸቹቺቻቼችቾ   ቿ ʧ
    ኀርምhhኀኁኂኃኄኅኆኈኍኊኋኌh
    ነሐስnነኑኒናኔንኖ   ኗ n
    ኘ-ነሐስNኘኙኚኛኜኝኞ   ኟ ɲ
    አልፍ አ
    a
    ኡ
    u
    ኢ
    i
    ኣ
    aaaa
    ኤ
    ie
    እ
    e
    ኦ
    o
         ʔ
    ካፍkከኩኪካኬክኮኰኵኲኳኴk
    ኻ-ካፍKኸኹኺኻኼኽኾዀዅዂዃዄx
    ወዌ[wW]ወዉዊዋዌውዎ     w
    ዐይን ዐ
    aaa
    ዑ
    uu
    ዒ
    ii
    ዓ
    aa
    ዔ
    iie
    ዕ
    ee
    ዖ
    oo
         ʕ
    ዘይzዘዙዚዛዜዝዞ   ዟ z
    ዠ-ዘይZዠዡዢዣዤዥዦ   ዧ ʒ
    የመን[yY]የዩዪያዬይዮ     y
    ድንትdደዱዲዳዴድዶ   ዷ d
    ጀ-ድንት[jJ]ጀጁጂጃጄጅጆ   ጇ ʤ
    ገምል[gG]ገጉጊጋጌግጎጐጕጒጓጔg
    ጠይትTጠጡጢጣጤጥጦ   ጧ tʼ
    ጨ-ጠይትCጨጩጪጫጬጭጮ   ጯ ʧʼ
    ጰይትPጰጱጲጳጴጵጶ   ጷ pʼ
    ጸደይSጸጹጺጻጼጽጾ   ጿ sʼ
    ፀጳSSፀፁፂፃፄፅፆ     sʼ
    አፍ[fF]ፈፉፊፋፌፍፎ   ፏ f
    ፕሳpፐፑፒፓፔፕፖ   ፗ p
      +ə+u+i+a+eɨ/-+o+ʷə+ʷu+ʷi+ʷa+ʷeIPA

    ሥርዓተ ነጥቦችን ታይፕ ማድረጊያ

    የኢትዮፒክ ሥርዓተ ነጥቦች

    ታይፕ ማድረጊያ ቁልፎች :::,,,;:-:+:#<><<>>
    ሥርዓተ ነጥብ ፡።፣፥፤፦፠፨‹›«»

    የኪቦርድ ሥርዓተ ነጥቦች

    እንደተለመደው አንድ ጊዜ ብቻ በመምታት ታይፕ ማድረግ ይቻላል። የኢትዮፒክ ምልክቶቹን ለማግኘት አንዳንዶቹ የስርዓተ ነጥቦቹን ቁልፍ ሁለት ወይም ከዚያ በላይ የምንፈልገውን ምልክት እስክናገኝ መምታት።

    ቁጥሮችን ታይፕ ማድረግ

    የኢትዮፒክ ቁጥሮች

    ታይፕ ማድረጊያ ቁልፎች #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9
    ቁጥሮች ፩፪፫፬፭፮፯፰፱
    ታይፕ ማድረጊያ ቁልፎች #10#20#30#40#50#60#70#80#90
    ቁጥሮች ፲፳፴፵፶፷፸፹፺
    ታይፕ ማድረጊያ ቁልፎች #100#1000#10000
    ቁጥሮች ፻፲፻፼

    የአኅዝ ጥንቅሩ ዜሮ (0) ቁጥሮችን በመጨመር እስክ ፼፼ (100,000,000) ይቀጥላል።

    የታይፕ መለማመጃ

    የአማርኛ ታይፕ መለማመጃ ሰነድ ከዚህ በታች በሚገኘው ሊንክ አማካኝነት ዳውንሎድ ማድረግ ይቻላል፦

    http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/docs/AmharicTypingPractice.docx



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