Ethiopic Glyphs Variants

Known Variants Continued

Seven variant glyphs are known for the ZHA series. The Ge'ez (first) order is presented below [5, 8, 9] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE ZHE : 12E5

The Sadis (6th) order of ZHA series has the common variant [5, 8, 9,11] :

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ETHIOPIC SERIES DDA : 12F8 - 12FF

Seven variant glyphs are known for the DDA series of Oromiffa. The Ge'ez (first) order is presented below [13] :

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A point of interest arises from the 2nd of the two DDA glyphs. The sound of the letter DDA is similar to that of the (TZA series 1340 - 1346) as it is pronounced in spoken Ge'ez. Hence the similarity of the line through the middle of the circular region. The difference in the Ge'ez pronunciation of is that it is explosive form of ``d'' while is implosive.

ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GWAA : 130F

A variant of GWAA is found in the Leslau text on Chaha, it is likely to appear elsewhere in documents before the first half of this century. [6] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE THAA : 1323

A variant of THAA may be found in historical texts and more commonly in hand written manuscripts [11] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE THO : 1326

A variant of THO may be found in historical texts and more commonly in hand written manuscripts [11] :

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ETHIOPIC SERIES CHA : 1318 - 131F

Seven variant glyphs are known for two protoforms of the CHA series. The Ge'ez (first) orders are presented below [11] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE PHE : 1335

A variant of PHE found in older texts of previous centuries is presented below [11, 12] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE FWAA : 134F

Two variants of FWAA found in older texts of present centuries are presented below [5, 7, 8, 9] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE PO : 1356

An archaic form of PO may be found in historical manuscripts [11] :

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ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE PWAA : 1357

A variant of PWAA is found in the Leslau text on Chaha, it is likely to appear elsewhere [6] :

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ETHIOPIC NUMBER TWENTY : 1373

A minor variant of the Ethiopic number twenty may be found in hand written manuscripts [11] :

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