Ge'ez Braille, the Glossary
Ge'ez Braille is the braille alphabet for all Ethiopic languages.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Abugida, Amharic, Braille, Circumfix, English Braille, Ethio-Semitic languages, Geʽez script, Harari language, International uniformity of braille alphabets, Tigre language, Tigrinya language.
- Amharic language
Abugida
An abugida (from Ge'ez: አቡጊዳ)sometimes also called alphasyllabary, neosyllabary, or pseudo-alphabetis a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary, similar to a diacritical mark.
Amharic
Amharic (or; Amarəñña) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. Ge'ez Braille and Amharic are Amharic language.
Braille
Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired.
Circumfix
A circumfix (abbr) (also confix or ambifix) is an affix which has two parts, one placed at the start of a word, and the other at the end.
See Ge'ez Braille and Circumfix
English Braille
English Braille, also known as Grade 2 Braille, is the braille alphabet used for English. Ge'ez Braille and English Braille are French-ordered braille alphabets.
See Ge'ez Braille and English Braille
Ethio-Semitic languages
Ethio-Semitic (also Ethiopian Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan.
See Ge'ez Braille and Ethio-Semitic languages
Geʽez script
Geʽez (Gəʽəz) is a script used as an abugida (alphasyllabary) for several Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
See Ge'ez Braille and Geʽez script
Harari language
Harari is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken by the Harari people of Ethiopia.
See Ge'ez Braille and Harari language
International uniformity of braille alphabets
The goal of braille uniformity is to unify the braille alphabets of the world as much as possible, so that literacy in one braille alphabet readily transfers to another. Ge'ez Braille and International uniformity of braille alphabets are French-ordered braille alphabets.
See Ge'ez Braille and International uniformity of braille alphabets
Tigre language
Tigre (ትግረ, also known as Tigré ትግሬ;, or by its Eritrean autonym Tigrayit ትግራይት) is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa, primarily by the Tigre people of Eritrea.
See Ge'ez Braille and Tigre language
Tigrinya language
Tigrinya (ትግርኛ,; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples.
See Ge'ez Braille and Tigrinya language
See also
Amharic language
- Abba Gorgoryos
- Amharic
- Bible translations into Amharic
- ESAT
- Ge'ez Braille
- Igziabeher
- Imperial Academy (Ethiopia)
- List of Amharic writers
- Semitic languages
- Zuria
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge'ez_Braille
Also known as Amharic Braille.