Wiktionary:About Sidamo
Main category: Sidamo language
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 | /pʼ/ | x | tʼ | /tʼ/ |
| q | kʼ | /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.