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Front Matter
Ethiopic Extended
Extended version of Ge'ez (Ethiopic) script, the official script of Ethiopia.
Extended version of Ge'ez (Ethiopic) script, the official script of Ethiopia. Additional signs were added to cover diverse minority languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea (Tigrinya, Gurage, Sidama, Afar, etc.). Ethiopia is a multilingual nation with 80+ languages, and this extended system plays a key role in representing that linguistic diversity. The 1991 Ethiopian federal constitution guaranteeing language rights for all ethnic groups greatly increased the need for extended characters.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1200–U+137F
Range 2U+2D80–U+2DDF
Range 3U+AB01–U+AB2F
Total signs495
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
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System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Ethiopian Keyboard (Amharic)
Amharic, official language of Ethiopia. Fidel script keyboard.
ሀ
ለ
ሐ
መ
ሠ
ረ
ሰ
ሸ
ቀ
በ
ቨ
ተ
ቸ
ኀ
ነ
ኘ
አ
ከ
ኸ
ወ
ዐ
ዘ
ዠ
የ
ደ
ጀ
ገ
ጠ
ጨ
ጰ
space
⌫
💡 Fidel script is syllabic — each base consonant has 7 vowel forms. ~300 characters total.
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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