Unabridged SERA Definitions
Fidelat Table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
g`Iz ka`Ib sals rab`I hams sads sab`I diqala -->
1 he hu hi ha hE h ho
2 le lu li la lE l lo lW/lWa
3 He Hu Hi Ha HE H Ho HW/HWa
4 me mu mi ma mE m mo mW/mWa
5 `se `su `si `sa `sE `s `so `sW/`sWa
6 re ru ri ra rE r ro rW/rWa
7 se su si sa sE s so sW/sWa
8 xe xu xi xa xE x xo xW/xWa
9 qe qu qi qa qE q qo qWe qW/qWu qWi qWa qWE
10 `qe `qu `qi `qa `qE `q `qo
11 Qe Qu Qi Qa QE Q Qo QWe QW/QWu QWi QWa QWE
12 be bu bi ba bE b bo bW/bWa
13 ve vu vi va vE v vo vW/vWa
14 te tu ti ta tE t to tW/tWa
15 ce cu ci ca cE c co cW/cWa
16 `he `hu `hi `ha `hE `h `ho hWe hW/hWu hWi hWa hWE
17 ne nu ni na nE n no nW/nWa
18 Ne Nu Ni Na NE N No NW/NWa
19 e/a* u i a E I o ea
20 ke ku ki ka kE k ko kWe kW/kWu kWi kWa kWE
21 `ke `ku `ki `ka `kE `k `ko
22 Ke Ku Ki Ka KE K Ko KWe KW/KWu KWi KWa KWE
23 Xe Xu Xi Xa XE X Xo
24 we wu wi wa wE w wo
25 `e `u `i `a `E `I `o
26 ze zu zi za zE z zo zW/zWa
27 Ze Zu Zi Za ZE Z Zo ZW/ZWa
28 ye yu yi ya yE y yo yW/yWa
29 de du di da dE d do dW/dWa
30 De Du Di Da DE D Do DW/DWa
31 je ju ji ja jE j jo jW/jWa
32 ge gu gi ga gE g go gWe gW/gWu gWi gWa gWE
33 `ge `gu `gi `ga `gE `g `go
34 Ge Gu Gi Ga GE G Go GWe GW/GWu GWi GWa GWE
35 Te Tu Ti Ta TE T To TW/TWa
36 Ce Cu Ci Ca CE C Co CW/CWa
37 Pe Pu Pi Pa PE P Po PW/PWa
38 Se Su Si Sa SE S So SW/SWa
39 `Se `Su `Si `Sa `SE `S `So
40 fe fu fi fa fE f fo fW/fWa
41 pe pu pi pa pE p po pW/pWa
Extremely Rare Characters
Unicode Also Defines: mYa, rYa, fYa
Other Equivalents
Consonant Series Special Series Lone Vowels
B = b s2 = `s O = o
F = f h2 = `h `O = `o
J = j S2 = `S U = u
L = l e2 = `e `U = `u
M = m q2 = `q A = a
R = r g2 = `g `A = `a
V = v
Y = y
W => when not preceded by a consonant as defined above;
it is left to the specific application to interpret.
-- It may be ignored or given an additional phonetic
character if available.
Basic Series
le lu li la lE l lo lWa
Independent Vowels:
e/a* u/U i a/A E I o/O ea
Independent Vowels Following a 6th Form Consonant:
l'e l'u l'i l'a l'E l'I l'o l'ea
lU lA lI lO lea <-- also
* ``a'' is only valid for 
in transcription for Amharic.
Punctuation and Numbers in Fidel Zones
, Ge'ez Comma
; Ge'ez Semicolon
: Ge'ez Wordspace
:- Ge'ez Preface Colon
-: Ge'ez Colon
:: Ge'ez Full Stop
<< Ge'ez Left Quote
>> Ge'ez Right Quote
:|: Ge'ez Paragraph Terminator
`? Ge'ez 3-Dot Question Mark
? Ge'ez Stylized Question Mark
`! Ge'ez Sarcasm Question Mark
. Ge'ez Stylized Dot
\\ Latin BackSlash
\, Latin Comma
\; Latin Semicolon
\: Latin Colon
\. Latin Full Stop
\' Latin Apostrophe
\` Latin Backquote
' is always ignored
` is ignored unless a special vowel, consonant, or punctuation follows
-- s,S,h,g,q,e,u/U,i,a/A,E,I,o/O,?,!
'' Geminates character on left
`' Voiced Sads Vowel
('' and `' are for phonetic use and ignored in most software)
0..9 Arabic Numerals
`1..9 Ethiopic Numerals
Escapes
Except for the bilingual escape, \ , all escapes must be terminated by ``white
space'' or the start of another escape. White space means any unprinted character
such `` '', tabs, returns, etc. When `` '' (space) terminates any escape it is
removed in the transliterated text.
\ Change to next language of the defined primary-secondary pair.
\:;'. When followed by a punctuation list of one or more items
the list is transcribed as Latin punctuation. In Fidel zones only.
\~x If ``x'' is defined in the application using SERA, the appropriate
event occurs. Otherwise the escape is ignored. It is left to
software houses to recognize each others' special purpose escape
sequences and provide filters. \~ is recommended as a means to
denote in ASCII the nonstandard characters and glyphs of a font set.
If ``x'' is white space \~ is treated as a punctuation escape.
In Fidel zones only.
\~lang Change to language and script of ``lang'' when ``lang'' is an ISO-639
2 or 3 character language name.
\~! The ``Verbatim Mode Toggle''. The switch turns the mode on-off
treating all text as one script until the closing \~! . This allows
extended use of \ and \~ without the requirement for \\ and \\~ but
at the cost of using only one script within the text region.
In Fidel zones only.
< > & ; Contents between remain in Latin script in HTML documents.