The keyboard implementations for Ethiopic languages provided conform to theGe'ez Frontier Foundation specification(HTML | PDF)for mnemonic based input methods.Keyboard implementations are provided for the popular Keyman software of windows as well as for someLinux based systems.

1. Keyman Amharic Keyboard For Windows 10
2. Keyman Amharic Keyboard Layout Template
3. How To Use Keyman Amharic Keyboard
4. Keyman Amharic Keyboard Browser Add In

• Keyman 7 - MS Windows, registration required for all use after 30 days.
• Keyman 6 - MS Windows, free for home use, registration required for all other use after 30 days.
• SCIM - Linux, OpenSource
• KMFL - Linux, OpenSource
• M17N - Linux, OpenSource
• GTK+ - Linux, OpenSource

Keyman 7 Implementations

This Amharic Keyboard enables you to easily type Amharic online without installing Amharic keyboard. You can use your computer keyboard or mouse to type Amharic letters with this online keyboard. Pressing Esc on the Amharic keyboard layout will toggle the mouse input between virtual QWERTY keyboard and virtual Amharic keyboard. The update for Keyman 10 (latest stable version) and 11 (in alpha release) is included in Keyman 10.0.1205.0 and the latest Keyman 11 alpha releases, and detects when you attempt to install a keyboard layout under the Amharic, Tigrinya or Sinhala languages, and installs the keyboard layout instead under Geez (for Amharic / Tigrinya) or English.

Keyman 7 implementations are provided here in an asortment of packagings. The .exe files are the bestchoice if you do not have an Ethiopic keyboard or fonts installed. While the Ethiopic keyboards and fontsare free of charge (and OpenSource software), the Keyman 7 software (needed to use the keyboards) is onlyfree for 30 days before a purchase is required to continue use ($19 USD for Keyman Light) from theTavultesoft Pty. The GFF providesthe keyboards freely and does not receive any portion of Keyman software sales from Tavultesoft.

The .kmp files are right choice if you already have Keyman 7 installed and do want Ethiopic fontsinstalled also.The .kmx files are appropriate if you have Keyman 7 installed and do not want to install an Ethiopic font.

• Keyman for Amharic. Type in Amharic on iPhone, Windows and Android. Our Amharic keyboard works with Microsoft Word, Photoshop, Facebook, Twitter, email and thousands of other applications. Type in Amharic in all your favourite software applications for Windows. Keyman for Windows will automatically configure your.
• Keyboard Details. The Amharic keyboard uses an intuitive phonetic system where the Amharic sounds are matched to the nearest English letters. You can think of how a word sounds in Amharic and then type it out with English. Example: typing selam produces ሰላም. Because Amharic has more sounds than English, we sometimes have to adjust this rule.
• Keyman Keyboard - Myanmar3. 3.7 on 229 votes. Myanmar Language System supports every major font / encoding system to write Myanmar Language with full support for every input methods we've ever developed.

Amharic

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!
• Amharic Typing Manual (English)|Amharic Typing Manual (Amharic)

Awngi

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Bench

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Blin

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Ge'ez

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Me'en/Mursi/Suri/Dizi

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Sebatbeit

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Tigrinya (Eritrean Conventions)

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Tigrinya (Ethiopian Conventions)

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Keyman 6 Implementations

Keyman 6 implementations are also provided here in the same asortment of packagings as with Keyman 7.The Keyman 6 versions are free for home use and will not expire after 30 days-but you are obligated to register Keyman 6 with Tavultesoft if you using it for commercial purposes.The GFF provides the keyboards freely and does not receive any portion of Keyman software sales from Tavultesoft.Keyman 6 is a number of years older than Keyman 7 and will not work as well under Windows Vista orwith newer versions of Microsoft Office such as 2007 and later.

The .kmp files are right choice if you already have Keyman 6 installed and do want Ethiopic fontsinstalled also.The .kmx files are appropriate if you have Keyman 6 installed and do not want to install an Ethiopic font.

Amharic

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!
• Amharic Typing Manual (English)|Amharic Typing Manual (Amharic)

Awngi

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Bench

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Blin

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Ge'ez

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Me'en/Mursi/Suri/Dizi

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Sebatbeit

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Tigrinya (Eritrean Conventions)

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

Tigrinya (Ethiopian Conventions)

• Keyboard and Abyssinica Font Installer (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp)
• Keyboard and Font 'Power Pack' (.exe) or as a Keyman Package (.kmp) - with 14 Free Ethiopic Fonts!

SCIM Tables

SCIM Tables is a widely used input method engine for the SCIM(Smart Common Input Method) platform. Implementations of the spec are provided as SCIM tables, however, while functionalthey are considered experimental at this time.

Keyboard Mapping For Linux (KMFL)

Keyman Amharic Keyboard For Windows 10

Keyboard Mappings for Linuxis an OpenSource project to provide Keyman keyboard files to be available on Linux and other Unix systemsthat employ input method frameworks such as SCIM and IIIMF. The family of Ethiopic keyboards developedfor regular Microsoft Windows based Keyman have been prepared for KMFL use in both compiled and sourceform in the following packages.

M17N 'MIM' Keyboards

M17N input methods implementations of the spec are available,however, while functional they are considered experimental at this time.

GTK+

GTK+ implementations are expected in early to mid January. Packagings in .deb and .rpm formats will be provided forreference Linux systems.

Platform Independent Reference Tables

System independent input method text tablesof the appendices are provided as a resources for generating platform targetted IM defintion files.A sample conversion script used to generate the SCIM table files is also included.

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This Amharic Keyboard enables you to easily type Amharic online without installing Amharic keyboard. You can use your computer keyboard or mouse to type Amharic letters with this online keyboard.

Pressing on the Amharic keyboard layout will toggle the mouse input between virtual QWERTY keyboard and virtual Amharic keyboard. The key will also turn on/off your keyboard input conversion. Pressing on your keyboard has the same function.

Instructions for using the HBN Keyboard

When you click one of the root characters, all the variations will show up on the keyboard. You can then type the variation you want. Press or either + or for additional Amharic letters that are not visible on the keyboard.

Instructions for using the Phonetic Keyboard

To enter አማርኛ type amarNa a(አ) ma(ማ) r(ር) Na(ኛ). To enter አዲስ አበባ type adis abeba a(አ) di(ዲ) s(ስ) a(አ) be(በ) ba(ባ). To enter ገብርኤል type gebr'El ge(ገ) b(ብ) r(ር) 'E(ኤ) l(ል). Note that rE yields ሬ while r'E yields ርኤ.

Instructions for using Transliteration

Transliteration works more or less the same way as the phonetic input with minor differences. Examples are a(አ), u(ኡ), i(ኢ), aa(ኣ), ee(ኤ), e(እ), o(ኦ), ua(ኧ), he(ሀ), hu(ሁ), hi(ሂ), ha(ሃ), hee(ሄ), h(ህ), ho(ሆ), hh(ሕ), sz(ሥ), sh(ሽ), qw(ቍ), qh(ቕ) , qhw(ቝ), eh(ዕ), ch(ች), x(ኅ), xw(ኍ), ny/gn(ኝ), kh(ኽ), khw(ዅ), zh(ዥ), dh(ዽ), gw(ጕ), gh(ጝ), th(ጥ), c(ጭ), ts(ጽ), tz(ፅ), ph(ጵ), bua(ቧ), kua(ኳ), hoa(ሇ), koa(ኯ), .(።), '.(.), ,(፣), ',(,), :(፤), ;(፥), :-(፦), <(«), >(»), ::(፡), +x(፠), |x(፨), `1(፩), ~1(፲).

Single quote(') can be used as a partition so that what is one the left and what is on the right are transliterated separately. For example s'ehl will produce ስዕል instead of ሰህል.

Font download for iPhone and iPad users

To download Amharic font for iPhone and iPad click signed.mobileconfig.

Font download for Mac users

To download Amharic font for Mac click AbyssinicaSIL1.200.zip and copy the font file, AbyssinicaSIL-R.ttf, to the Fonts folder in the Library folder on your hard drive.

Downloading and Installing for Windows

To download the HBN keyboard software to your computer click ethiopic.zip and view this YouTube video. The video shows how to download and install the keyboard on Windows Vista.

Keyman Amharic Keyboard Layout Template

On some versions of Vista an error may occur during installation. In that case, right-click on setup.exe and run as administrator.

How To Use Keyman Amharic Keyboard

After downloading and installing your keyboard, view one of the video instructions here.

Keyman Amharic Keyboard Browser Add In

For mobile phones and tablets, touch and hold inside the text area to copy the text. You can then paste the text in any app such as Facebook, Twitter, email, or search app.