Tigrigna (Eritrea) Keyboards for Keyman
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.
Tigrigna Keyman for iPhone
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
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
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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Frequently Asked Questions
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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 -
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.
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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.
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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 ፣ ፥ , ፤ ; ፡ ። ፦
More Information
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