Ge'ez Transliterator

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Active mode: GeezIme

GeezIme system: practical keyboard-style transliteration used in Ethiopian input methods.

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📖 Alphabet Manual

Below is the complete Ge'ez alphabet (fidel) showing each consonant with its seven vowel orders. Use this as a reference for understanding the transliteration.

The Seven Vowel Orders

1st Order (Cä/Ca): consonant + ä (EEG) or a (GeezIme/Lambdin)
2nd Order (Cu): like "u" in "rule"
3rd Order (Ci): like "i" in "machine"
4th Order (Ca/Cā): longer "a" as in "father" (macron in Lambdin)
5th Order (Ce/Cē): like "e" in "they" (macron in Lambdin)
6th Order (Cə/C): schwa ə (EEG) or bare consonant (Lambdin, optional toggle)
7th Order (Co): like "o" in "note"

Sample Consonants (showing all three systems)

Ge'ez	GeezIme	Lambdin	EEG	Ge'ez	GeezIme	Lambdin	EEG
ሰ	sa	sa	sä	ለ	la	la	lä
ሱ	su	su	su	ሉ	lu	lu	lu
ሲ	si	si	si	ሊ	li	li	li
ሳ	sa	sā	sa	ላ	la	lā	la
ሴ	se	sē	se	ሌ	le	lē	le
ስ	s	s	sə	ል	l	l	lə
ሶ	so	so	so	ሎ	lo	lo	lo
መ	ma	ma	mä	በ	ba	ba	bä
ም	m	m	mə	ብ	b	b	bə
ነ	na	na	nä	ደ	da	da	dä
ፈ	fa	fa	fä	ገ	ga	ga	gä
ቀ	qa	qa	qä	ጸ	tsa	ṣa	ṣä
አ	a	ʾa	ʾä	ዐ	a	ʿa	ʿä

📚 About the Three Systems

GeezIme

What it is: Practical keyboard-style transliteration used in Ethiopian input methods.

Example: ሰላም → salam

Lambdin

What it is: Scholarly academic romanization from T.O. Lambdin's textbook (1978).

Example: ሰላም → salām

Optional schwa toggle for 6th order.

EEG (Scholarly)

What it is: Modern standard used in Encyclopaedia Aethiopica and academic journals.

Example: ሰላም → səlä m

1st order = ä, 4th order = a (no macron), 6th order = ə.

Key Differences

GeezIme: Simple, practical. Uses "a" for both 1st and 4th orders. No special characters.
Lambdin: Academic. Uses macrons (ā, ē). 1st order = "sa", 6th order = "s" (bare consonant). Optional schwa toggle.
EEG: Modern scholarly standard. 1st order = "sä" (with ä). 4th order = "sa" (no macron). 6th order = "sə" (schwa).

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