משתמש:ליאור/המדמנה/18

They are written ጊሽ ዓባይ (Gish Abbay) and ፈለገ ጊዮን (Felege Giyon), respectively. Note that while the "A" in Abbay is an Ayn, it's pronounced like an Alif in Amharic. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 16:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Shukran jazilan! I'm still pondering whether to transliterate as פלג גיֹן or as פלגה גיוֹן. If you were to transliterate it to Arabic, will you write فلـﭻ ﭼـيـن‎ or فلـﭼـه ﭼـيون ?

I have two more questions when you find the time:

How is Tiya written in Ge'ez? We googled several options but got no results.
Is there a village named Chilga anywhere in southern Ethiopia? Esti Mamo told me in person that Chilga is in southern Ethiopia, while both Yechila and Chilga aren't situated at the southern parts of present-day Ethiopia.

Many thanks, ליאור (talk) 15:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

In Arabic, I would use فلـﭻ ﭼـيـن‎ or فلـﭻ ﭼـيون. The ta-marbutah can be used to show the last vowel if you like, but there is no such letter in Ge'ez or related languages in Ethiopia. Rather it's a consonant like -t/-it (Ethiopian = Ityop'yawi, or Ityop'yawit for a woman; life is Hiywet/ሕይወት, whereas in Arabic it's 7ayyah/حياة). Tiya is ቲያ, I believe, though I haven't heard it spoken by an Ethiopian, I've seen no indication the "t" is an ejective, so it's a straightforward transliteration.

As for Ch'ilga, it's in NW Ethiopia. I don't know of any Chilga in Southern Ethiopia. I would bet money she's talking about the one near Gonder, as there were Beta Israel and Kemant around there, and it's on the historic trading route to Sudan (so those going to Israel would likely pass through it). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 13:58, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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