Keyman for Amharic | አማርኛ ይጻፉ

Type in Amharic on iPhone, iPad, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Our Amharic keyboard works with Microsoft Word, Photoshop, Facebook, Twitter, email and thousands of other applications.

Amharic for Keyman for Windows

Type in Amharic in all your favourite software applications for Windows. Keyman for Windows will automatically configure your system for the Amharic language.

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Amharic for Keyman for Linux

Type in Amharic in all your favourite software applications for Linux. Install Keyman for Linux first.

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Amharic Keyman for macOS

Type in Amharic in all your favourite software applications for macOS. Download Keyman for macOS first

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Amharic Keyman for iPhone

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Type in Amharic on your iPhone. Keyman brings the iPhone language experience to life, adding the language and font support for Amharic that even Apple don't!

Amharic Keyman for iPad

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Type in Amharic on your iPad. Keyman brings the iPad language experience to life, adding the language and font support for Amharic that even Apple don't!

Amharic Keyman for Android

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Type in Amharic on your Android device. Touch enabled keyboards for phone, 7-inch and 10-inch tablets ensure a seamless typing solution across any Android device.

Type Amharic in your Browser

Type Amharic online in your browser with keymanweb.com, no download required.

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Download an Amharic keyboard on these devices:

iPhone

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Other Ethiopic keyboards and languages

• SIL Ethiopic Power-G - compatible with Power Geez
• SIL Ethiopic
• GFF Ethiopic

Type in other Ethiopic languages such as:

• Awngi & Xamtanga
• Blin
• Ge'ez
• Gurage
• Gurage Legacy
• Harari
• Tigre
• Tigrigna (Eritrea)
• Tigrigna (Ethiopia)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Which font should I use in Microsoft Word and other programs on Windows? Keyman for Windows Ethiopic packages come with the following Ge'ez fonts, which we recommend you use:

  Abyssinica SIL		Ethiopic Fantuwua
  Ethiopic Hiwua		Ethiopic Jiret
  Ethiopic Tint		Ethiopic WashRa
  Ethiopic Wookianos		Ethiopic Yebse
  Ethiopic Yigezu Bisrat Goffer		Free Serif

  Find other supported Ge'ez fonts on your computer by using the Font Helper tool.
• What transcription method do the keyboards use? The keyboards use the SERA (System for Ethiopic Representation in ASCII) method for transcribing the Ge'ez script into Latin characters. SERA uses the following principles:
  • A letter for every keystroke.
  • Keystrokes with intuitive phonetic associations. For example —
    Typing s e l a m produces: ሰላም
    Typing T i e n a y s T l N produces: ጤናይስጥልኝ
  • Ge'ez default punctuation with Western default space. (Ge'ez space ' ፡ ' available with SHIFT + SPACEBAR )
  • Western default number.
• What is the difference between Tigrigna (Eritrea) and Tigrigna (Ethiopia)? The two Tigrigna keyboards differ slightly. Tigrigna (Ethiopia) includes three sets of characters which are not in Tigrigna (Eritrea) — ሥ , ኅ , ፅ — as well as the single character ኧ . The two keyboards also differ on the punctuation they offer:

  Typing	,	, ,	, , ,	;	; ;	:	: :	: -	? ?
  Tigrigna (Eritrea) result	፡	,		፣	;	፡	።	፦	፧
  Tigrignia (Ethiopia) result	፣	፥	,	፤	;	፡	።	፦