Wiktionary:About Sidamo

Main category: Sidamo language
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This page deals with the specific issues of Sidamo entries on Wiktionary.

Orthography edit

The following orthography is handled on Wiktionary, compared with the orthography used in {{R:sid:Kawachi:2007}}:

Grapheme Kawachi (2007) Phoneme Grapheme Kawachi (2007) Phoneme
b b /b/ t t /t/
d d /d/ k k /k/
g ɡ /ɡ/ ʼ ʼ /ʔ/
ph /pʼ/ x /tʼ/
q /kʼ/ dh ɗ /ɗ/
ch č /t͡ʃ/ j ǰ /d͡ʒ/
c čʼ /t͡ʃʼ/ f f /f/
s s /s/ z z /z/
sh š /ʃ/ h h /h/
m m /m/ n n /n/
ny ñ /ɲ/ r r /ɾ/
l l /l/ w w /w/
y y /j/ a a /a/
e e /e/ i i /i/
o o /o/ u u /u/

Geminates are to be given as double. Attested spellings without double consonants should be given using the template {{alternative spelling of}} with an appropriate quotation.