How to type Tigrinya
Tigrinya uses the same phonetic scheme as the Amharic keyboard on this site: a consonant key types the consonant, a vowel after it gives the syllable (l then a gives ላ), and tgrNa types ትግርኛ. The Amharic page has the full explanation; these are the differences.
Tigrinya has a letter family Amharic does not use, on the capital Q: ቐ ቑ ቒ ቓ ቔ ቕ ቖ.
Vowels on their own differ: a gives ኣ (Amharic gives አ), A gives ዐ and E gives ዕ.
Punctuation differs too: the comma key types ፡ and the semicolon key types ፣.
Tigrinya letters on the keyboard
Typed with the same keys as on the Amharic keyboard: ብ ች ጭ ድ ፍ ግ ህ ሕ ጅ ክ ኽ ል ም ን ኝ ፕ ጵ ቅ ር ስ ጽ ት ጥ ቭ ው ሽ ይ ዝ ዥ
Tigrinya letters not on the Amharic keyboard
Each consonant key types the 6th form; add a vowel key for the others. Capital keys give the related consonants.
| Key | 1st (ä) | 2nd (u) | 3rd (i) | 4th (a) | 5th (e) | 6th (ə or none) | 7th (o) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | ቐ Qe | ቑ Qu | ቒ Qi | ቓ Qa | ቔ Qie | ቕ Q | ቖ Qo |
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Layout data: Geʾez Frontier Foundation gff_tigrinya_eritrea via Keyman keyboards (MIT) + CLDR release-43 en-t-k0-windows.xml. Letter list: CLDR release-43 (ti). Letter names: Unicode Character Database. What you type stays in your browser.