This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Tigrinya. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.
Tigrəñña/ትግርኛ
The Tigrinya latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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# |
Latin letter |
Ge'ez letter |
IPA |
|
1 |
A a |
ኣ |
[a] |
|
2 |
Ä ä | አ | [ə] |
|
3 |
Ə ə | እ | [ɨ] |
| 4 |
B b |
በ |
[b] |
| 5 | C c | ጸ | [t͡s] |
| 6 | Ċ ċ | ፀ | [t͡sʼ] |
| 7 | Č č | ቸ | [t͡ʃ] |
|
8 |
Č' č' | ጨ | [t͡ʃʼ] |
| 9 |
D d |
ጠ |
[d] |
| 10 |
E e |
ኤ |
[e] |
| 11 |
F f |
ፈ |
[f] |
| 12 |
G g |
ገ |
[g] |
| 13 | H h | ሀ | [h] |
| 14 | Ḥ ḥ | ሐ | [ħ] |
| 15 | ʔ ʔ | ዐ | [ʔ] |
| 16 | I i | ኢ | [i] |
| 17 | J j | ጀ | [d͡ʒ] |
| 18 |
K k |
ከ |
[k] |
| 19 | Ḳ ḳ | ቀ | [kʼ] |
|
20 |
Ǩ ǩ | ኸ | [x] |
| 21 |
L l |
ለ |
[l] |
|
22 |
M m |
መ |
[m] |
| 23 |
N n |
ነ |
[n] |
| 24 | Ñ ñ | ኘ | [ɲ] |
| 25 |
O o |
ኦ |
[o] |
| 26 |
P p |
ፐ |
[p] |
| 27 | Ṗ ṗ | ጰ | [pʼ] |
|
28 |
Q q | ቐ | [ʁ] |
| 29 |
R r |
ረ |
[r] |
| 30 |
S s |
ሰ |
[s] |
| 31 | Ś ś | ሠ | [s] |
| 32 |
Š š |
ሸ |
[ʃ] |
| 33 |
T t |
ተ |
[t] |
| 34 | Ṭ ṭ | ጠ | [tʼ] |
| 35 |
U u |
ኡ |
[u] |
| 36 | V v | ቨ | [v] |
| 37 |
W w |
ወ |
[w] |
| 38 | X x | ኀ |
[x] |
| 39 | Y y | የ | [j] |
| 40 |
Z z |
ዘ |
[z] |
| 41 | Ž ž | ዠ | [ʒ] |
Text example
The First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Bəmänċər kəbrən mäsälən kulom säbat əntəwlädu näċan maɛərin əyom. Məstəwɛalən ḥəlnan zətäɛadälom bəməxwanom nəḥədḥədom bəḥəwnätawi mänfäs kətäḥalaläyu aläwom.