Keyman for Tigrigna (Ethiopia)

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

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Tigrigna for Keyman for Windows

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

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Tigrigna Keyman for iPhone

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

Tigrigna Keyman for iPad

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

Tigrigna Keyman for Android

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

Tigrigna Keyman for macOS

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

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Type Tigrigna in your Browser

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Other Ethiopic languages

Type in other Ethiopic languages such as:

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

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	፣	፥	,	፤	;	፡	።	፦