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====Oromo==== | ====Oromo==== | ||
Similar to Somali, but with the following changes: | Similar to Somali, but with the following changes: | ||
*ڃ, | *ڀ for /pʼ/. | ||
* | *ڇ or ڃ for /tʃʼ/. | ||
*ط for /tʼ/ in native Oromo words. | |||
*ڠ for /ɡ/ instead of ڭ (though ڭ can alternatively be used). | |||
*ق for /kʼ/ in native Oromo words. | |||
*There is no ݦ. | |||
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====Afar==== | |||
Similar to Somali. | |||
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====Amharic and Tigrigna==== | |||
Similar to Oromo, with the following changes: | |||
*پ is exclusively used for /p/. | |||
** /β/ is represented identically to /v/: ڤ. | |||
*ڞ for /(t)sʼ/. | |||
*There is no ڟ. <!--Alternatively, it can be used for /tʃʼ/ instead of ڇ or ڃ.--> | |||
*څ for /xʼ/ (exclusive to Tigrigna). | |||
*Vowels: | |||
**/e/ and /o/ are written as Somali /eː/ and /oː/ respectively. | |||
**/ə/ is written as Somali /a/. | |||
**/a/ is written as Somali /aː/ (though it may be written as /a/ after guttural consonants). | |||
**/i/ and /u/ are written as Somali /i(ː)/ and /u(ː)/ respectively. They are most often written as the long variants except in Arabic loanwords. | |||
**/ɨ/ is written as Af Maay /ə/. | |||
**Labialized consonants are written with a ''ḍammah'' on the labialized consonant. This is done as follows: | |||
(TABLE) | |||
====Additional letters for other languages spoken in Ethiopia==== | |||
When needed, the following additional letters are used: | |||
*ݝ for /ŋ/. | |||
*ڭ for /kʼ/ when distinguished from /q/. | |||
==Endnotes== | ==Endnotes== | ||