Harari (Ethiopic) Unicode Keyboard Layout
Version 1.0
© 2005-2006 State Library of Victoria
This keyboard layout was designed for use with the Harari Ethiopic (Geez) orthography. The input sequences are based on the Harari Latin orhtography adopted by the Harari Community Language school in Melbourne, Australia. The Latin script is used to teach the younger Harari children their own language.
This keyboard layout has been designed to facilitate typing in the Ethiopic (Geez) script by young students who have studied the Harari language using the Ethiopic (Geez) script.
How to type Harari characters
| a | u | i | a[ | e | - | o | e[ | i[ | o[ | u[ | |
| h | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | ሄይ | ሂይ | ሆው | ሁው |
| l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | ሌይ | ሊይ | ሎው | ሉው |
| h] | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | ሔይ | ሒይ | ሖው | ሑው |
| m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | ሜይ | ሚይ | ሞው | ሙው |
| th | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | ሤይ | ሢይ | ሦው | ሡው |
| r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | ሬይ | ሪይ | ሮው | ሩው |
| s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | ሴይ | ሲይ | ሶው | ሱው |
| sh | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | ሼይ | ሺይ | ሾው | ሹው |
| q | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | ቄይ | ቂይ | ቆው | ቁው |
| b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | ቤይ | ቢይ | ቦው | ቡው |
| t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | ቴይ | ቲይ | ቶው | ቱው |
| ch | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | ቼይ | ቺይ | ቾው | ቹው |
| n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | ኔይ | ኒይ | ኖው | ኑው |
| gn | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | ኜይ | ኚይ | ኞው | ኙው |
| ` | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | ኤይ | ኢይ | ኦው | ኡው |
| k | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | ኬይ | ኪይ | ኮው | ኩው |
| kh/gh | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | ኼይ | ኺይ | ኾው | ኹው |
| w | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | ዌይ | ዊይ | ዎው | ዉው |
| a] | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | ዔይ | ዒይ | ዖው | ዑው |
| z/dh | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | ዜይ | ዚይ | ዞው | ዙው |
| zh | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | ዤይ | ዢይ | ዦው | ዡው |
| y | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | ዬይ | ዪይ | ዮው | ዩው |
| d | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | ዴይ | ዲይ | ዶው | ዱው |
| j | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | ጄይ | ጂይ | ጆው | ጁው |
| g | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | ጌይ | ጊይ | ጎው | ጉው |
| x/xh | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | ጤይ | ጢይ | ጦው | ጡው |
| c | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | ጬይ | ጪይ | ጮው | ጩው |
| s] | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | ጼይ | ጺይ | ጾው | ጹው |
| f | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | ፌይ | ፊይ | ፎው | ፉው |
| p | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | ፔይ | ፒይ | ፖው | ፑው |
| v | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | ቬይ | ቪይ | ቮው | ቩው |
The “\” key has two functions:
- It distinguishes between two consonants and a digraph:
“tha" will generate “ሠ”, while “t\ha” will generate “ትሀ”. - A vowel followed by “\” will add “እ” to the end of the character sequence.
Punctuation
| Key sequence | Character |
| Shift + Space bar | ፡ |
| , | ፣ |
| . | ። |
| ; | ፥ |
| : | ፤ |
| / | ፧ |
| Right-Alt + ' | ፦ |
| Right-Alt + / | ፨ |
| ? | ? |
Numbers
| - | 0 | 00 | 0000 | |
| `1 | ፩ | ፲ | ፻ | ፼ |
| `2 | ፪ | ፳ | ||
| `3 | ፫ | ፴ | ||
| `4 | ፬ | ፵ | ||
| `5 | ፭ | ፶ | ||
| `6 | ፮ | ፷ | ||
| `7 | ፯ | ፸ | ||
| `8 | ፰ | ፹ | ||
| `9 | ፱ | ፺ |
Fonts
The GF Zemen Unicode font is installed with the Harari (Ethiopic) keyboard layout. Additional fonts include:
For information on installing fonts in Windows XP, please read the MyLanguage font installation guide.