This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Wolaytta. 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.

Ometo
The Wolaytta alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# Proposed letter Current letter IPA

1

A a

 а

[a]
2 Á á á [aː]

3

B b

b

[b]
4

C c

c

 [t͡ʃ]
5 Cx cx C [t͡ʃʼ]
6 D d d [d]
7 Dx dx D [ɗ]
8

E e

 e

[e]
9 É é é [eː]
10 G g g [g]
11

H h

 h

[h]
12 H~ h̃ nh [h̃]
13

I i

i

[i]
14 Í í í [iː]
15

J j

 j

[d͡ʒ]
16

K k

k

[k]
17 Kx kx K [kʼ]
18

L l

l

[l]
19 Lx lx L [lˀ]
20

M m

m

[m]
21 Mx mx M [mˀ]
22

N n

n

[n]
23 Nx nx N [nˀ]
24 O o o [o]
25 Ó ó ó [oː]
26

P p

p

[p]
27 Px px P [pˀ]
28

R r

r

[r]
29

S s

s

[s]
30 Š š sh [ʃ]
31

T t

t

[t]
32 Tx tx T [tʼ]
33 U u u [u]
34 Ú ú ú [uː]
35 W w w [w]
36 X x 7 [ʔ]
37

Y y

 y

[j]
38 Z z z [z]
39 Ž ž zh [ʒ]
There would not be letters f, q(u), v, which would be replaced by p, k(w), v, respectively.

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