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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.

Currently adopted system

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Simple

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Vowels

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  1. Five basic vowels (a, e, i, o, u) plus é for 5th order vowel:
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    eui (or: í)aéio
    í can be used for ሊ in case the distinction is extremely important. yhever 12:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Consonants

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  1. None yet, please see talk page.

Complex

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Vowels

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  1. Long vowels are marked with a macron:
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    ለ (ወ)ል (ው)
    e (but: wo)ūīā (or: a)ēi (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)[reply]
    For Ge'ez and Tigre, first order "e" is "a."ዮም (Yom) | contribsTalkE 08:55, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Consonants

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  1. Wolf Leslau's transcription with for ቀ and for ቐ:
    hl (or: h)mś (or: s)rsšbvtč (or: h)nñ
    (or nothing)kx (or: h)wzžydǧgč̣ṣ́ (or )fp
    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 sounds (ጸ and ፀ) are , 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; vs. ṣ́; h vs. vs. ; vs. ).
    Tigrinya is similar to Amharic, but ኸ should be x, ሐ should be and and should be transcribed and differentiated.
    yhever 14:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Note that Argobba has retained a "ḫ" sound from Ge'ez that is not an alophone as in Tigre and Tigrinya.ዮም | (Yom) | TalkcontribsEthiopia 20:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Current proposals

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Simple

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Vowels

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Consonants

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Complex

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Vowels

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Consonants

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