Ethiopic Glyphs Variants

Known Variants Continued

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

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ETHIOPIAN LETTER ZH : 1305

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

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ETHIOPIAN SERIES DHAE : 1318 - 131E

Seven variant glyphs are known for the DHAE 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 DHAE glyphs. The sound of the letter DHAE is similar to that of the (TSZAE series 1360 - 1366) as it is pronounced is spoken Ge'ez. Hence the similarity of the line through the middle of the circular region. The difference in the Ge'ez prounciation of is that it is explosive form of ``d'' while is implosive.

ETHIOPIAN LETTER GWA : 1333

A variant of GWA 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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ETHIOPIAN SERIES CAE : 1348 - 134E

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

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ETHIOPIAN LETTER PH : 1355

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

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ETHIOPIAN LETTER FWA : 136F

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

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ETHIOPIAN LETTER PWA : (not coded)

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

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