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At entry level all of the syllables, except the Sixth Order (Sadiss-bate) syllables, are treated as "Sixth Order+Ethiopian Vowel" pairs and each pair is mapped to the appropriately coded character. (The Sixth Order consonant letters do not require a vowel key and can be treated as they are.) Such treatment may also be applied to serve transliteration purposes.
2. The Sixth Order (Sadiss-bate) letters are shown in the key mapping table following the table below. The set of Orders and and their recommended compose sequences (see also Appendix A) are as shown:
English Name Traditional Name Compose Sequence Column in Ethiopian Table First Order Ge'ez-bate +e 1 Second Order Ka'b-bate +u 2 Third Order Salise-bate +i 3 Fourth Order Rab'-bate +a 4 Fifth Order Hamiss-bate +E 5 Sixth Order Sadiss-bate (default) 6 Seventh Order Sab'-bate +o 7 Labiovelar Extended Forms Eighth Order Ge'ez-Dikala-bate +We 1 Ninth Order Ka'b-Dikala-bate +Wu / +W 2 Tenth Order Salise-Dikala-bate +Wi 3 Eleventh Order Rab'-Dikala-bate +Wa 4 [ or 8th* ] Twelth Order Hamiss-Dikala-bate +WE 5* for consonant series with only 8 forms.
KEYBOARD LAYOUT (Ethiopian script keyboard layout with respect to Latin-1)
HEX NAME ETHIOPIAN KEYBOARD LAYOUT 0020 SPACE = 1200 ETHIOPIAN SPACE | 1201 ETHIOPIAN WORDSPACE 0021 EXCLAMATION MARK <= 0022 QUOTATION MARK <= 0023 NUMBER SIGN <= 0024 DOLLAR SIGN <= 0025 PERCENT SIGN <= 0026 AMPERSAND <= 0027 APOSTROPHE <= 0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS <= 0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS <= 002A ASTERISK <= 002B PLUS SIGN <= 002C COMMA = 1202 ETHIOPIAN COMMA 002D HYPHEN-MINUS <= 002E PERIOD = 1205 ETHIOPIAN PERIOD 002F SOLIDUS <= 0030 DIGIT ZERO <= 0031 DIGIT ONE = 120B ETHIOPIAN DIGIT ONE 0032 DIGIT TWO = 120C ETHIOPIAN DIGIT TWO 0033 DIGIT THREE = 120D ETHIOPIAN DIGIT THREE 0034 DIGIT FOUR = 120E ETHIOPIAN DIGIT FOUR 0035 DIGIT FIVE = 120F ETHIOPIAN DIGIT FIVE 0036 DIGIT SIX = 1210 ETHIOPIAN DIGIT SIX 005C REVERSE SOLIDUS <= 005D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET <= 005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT <= 005F LOW LINE <= 0060 GRAVE ACCENT <= 0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A = 12C0 ETHIOPIAN AE | ETHIOPIAN A 0062 LATIN SMALL LETTER B = 1285 ETHIOPIAN B | 1285 ETHIOPIAN B 0063 LATIN SMALL LETTER C = 129D ETHIOPIAN C | 134D ETHIOPIAN C 0064 LATIN SMALL LETTER D = 1315 ETHIOPIAN D | 131D ETHIOPIAN D 0065 LATIN SMALL LETTER E = 12C0 ETHIOPIAN AE | 12C4 ETHIOPIAN EE 0066 LATIN SMALL LETTER F = 136D ETHIOPIAN F | 136D ETHIOPIAN F 0067 LATIN SMALL LETTER G = 132D ETHIOPIAN G | 133D ETHIOPIAN GH 0068 LATIN SMALL LETTER H = 1225 ETHIOPIAN H | 1235 ETHIOPIAN HH 0069 LATIN SMALL LETTER I = 12C2 ETHIOPIAN I | 12C5 ETHIOPIAN E 006A LATIN SMALL LETTER J = 1325 ETHIOPIAN J | 1325 ETHIOPIAN J 006B LATIN SMALL LETTER K = 12CD ETHIOPIAN K | 12DD ETHIOPIAN KX 006C LATIN SMALL LETTER L = 122D ETHIOPIAN L | 122D ETHIOPIAN L 006D LATIN SMALL LETTER M = 123D ETHIOPIAN M | 123D ETHIOPIAN M 006E LATIN SMALL LETTER N = 12B5 ETHIOPIAN N | 12BD ETHIOPIAN NY 006F LATIN SMALL LETTER O = 12C6 ETHIOPIAN O | 12C6 ETHIOPIAN O 0070 LATIN SMALL LETTER P = 1375 ETHIOPIAN P | 1355 ETHIOPIAN PH 0071 LATIN SMALL LETTER Q = 1265 ETHIOPIAN Q | 1275 ETHIOPIAN QH 0072 LATIN SMALL LETTER R = 124D ETHIOPIAN R | 124D ETHIOPIAN R 0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S = 1255 ETHIOPIAN S | 135D ETHIOPIAN TS 0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T = 1295 ETHIOPIAN T | 1345 ETHIOPIAN TH 0075 LATIN SMALL LETTER U = 121C ETHIOPIAN U | 121C ETHIOPIAN U 0076 LATIN SMALL LETTER V = 128D ETHIOPIAN V | 128D ETHIOPIAN V 0077 LATIN SMALL LETTER W = 12ED ETHIOPIAN W 0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X = 125D ETHIOPIAN SH | 125D ETHIOPIAN SH 0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y = 130D ETHIOPIAN Y | 130D ETHIOPIAN Y 007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z = 12FD ETHIOPIAN Z | 1205 ETHIOPIAN ZH 007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET <= 007C VERTICAL LINE <= 007D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET <= 007E TILDE <=