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WolayttainEthiopic (Geʻez)

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Wolaytta: character repertoire and typing resources

CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale wal in Ethiopic (Geʻez). This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.

This locale repertoire is one writing convention, not every regional or historical orthography.

Why this locale matches this record

Exact ISO 639-3 locale identifier

Pinned CLDR likelySubtags entry wal → wal-Ethi-ET; identifies this locale's default convention, not a language-wide usage ranking

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Showing the first 192 of 432 repertoire entries, not a letter count. See the full source UnicodeSet: [፟ ᎐ ᎑ ᎒ ᎓ ᎔ ᎕ ᎖ ᎗ ᎘ ᎙ ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ ሇ ለ ሉ ሊ ላ ሌ ል ሎ ሏ ⶀ ሐ ሑ ሒ ሓ ሔ ሕ ሖ ሗ መ ሙ ሚ ማ ሜ ም ሞ ሟ ᎀ ᎁ ᎂ ᎃ ⶁ ሠ ሡ ሢ ሣ ሤ ሥ ሦ ሧ ረ ሩ ሪ ራ ሬ ር ሮ ሯ ⶂ ሰ ሱ ሲ ሳ ሴ ስ ሶ ሷ ⶃ ሸ ሹ ሺ ሻ ሼ ሽ ሾ ሿ ⶄ ቀ ቁ ቂ ቃ ቄ ቅ ቆ ቇ ቈ ቊ ቋ ቌ ቍ ቐ ቑ ቒ ቓ ቔ ቕ ቖ ቘ ቚ ቛ ቜ ቝ በ ቡ ቢ ባ ቤ ብ ቦ ቧ ᎄ ᎅ ᎆ ᎇ ⶅ ቨ ቩ ቪ ቫ ቬ ቭ ቮ ቯ ተ ቱ ቲ ታ ቴ ት ቶ ቷ ⶆ ቸ ቹ ቺ ቻ ቼ ች ቾ ቿ ⶇ ኀ ኁ ኂ ኃ ኄ ኅ ኆ ኇ ኈ ኊ ኋ ኌ ኍ ነ ኑ ኒ ና ኔ ን ኖ ኗ ⶈ ኘ ኙ ኚ ኛ ኜ ኝ ኞ ኟ ⶉ አ ኡ ኢ ኣ ኤ እ ኦ ኧ ⶊ ከ ኩ ኪ ካ ኬ ክ ኮ ኯ ኰ ኲ ኳ ኴ ኵ ኸ ኹ ኺ ኻ ኼ ኽ ኾ ዀ ዂ ዃ ዄ ዅ ወ ዉ ዊ ዋ ዌ ው ዎ ዏ ዐ ዑ ዒ ዓ ዔ ዕ ዖ ዘ ዙ ዚ ዛ ዜ ዝ ዞ ዟ ⶋ ዠ ዡ ዢ ዣ ዤ ዥ ዦ ዧ የ ዩ ዪ ያ ዬ ይ ዮ ዯ ደ ዱ ዲ ዳ ዴ ድ ዶ ዷ ⶌ ዸ ዹ ዺ ዻ ዼ ዽ ዾ ዿ ⶍ ጀ ጁ ጂ ጃ ጄ ጅ ጆ ጇ ⶎ ገ ጉ ጊ ጋ ጌ ግ ጎ ጏ ጐ ጒ ጓ ጔ ጕ ጘ ጙ ጚ ጛ ጜ ጝ ጞ ጟ ⶓ ⶔ ⶕ ⶖ ጠ ጡ ጢ ጣ ጤ ጥ ጦ ጧ ⶏ ጨ ጩ ጪ ጫ ጬ ጭ ጮ ጯ ⶐ ጰ ጱ ጲ ጳ ጴ ጵ ጶ ጷ ⶑ ጸ ጹ ጺ ጻ ጼ ጽ ጾ ጿ ፀ ፁ ፂ ፃ ፄ ፅ ፆ ፇ ፈ ፉ ፊ ፋ ፌ ፍ ፎ ፏ ᎈ ᎉ ᎊ ᎋ ፐ ፑ ፒ ፓ ፔ ፕ ፖ ፗ ᎌ ᎍ ᎎ ᎏ ⶒ ፘ ፙ ፚ ⶠ ⶡ ⶢ ⶣ ⶤ ⶥ ⶦ ⶨ ⶩ ⶪ ⶫ ⶬ ⶭ ⶮ ⶰ ⶱ ⶲ ⶳ ⶴ ⶵ ⶶ ⶸ ⶹ ⶺ ⶻ ⶼ ⶽ ⶾ ⷀ ⷁ ⷂ ⷃ ⷄ ⷅ ⷆ ⷈ ⷉ ⷊ ⷋ ⷌ ⷍ ⷎ ⷐ ⷑ ⷒ ⷓ ⷔ ⷕ ⷖ ⷘ ⷙ ⷚ ⷛ ⷜ ⷝ ⷞ].

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Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.

Source: CLDR 48.0.0, wal characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.

Language
ISO 639-3walStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used2
Also written in:
Script
ISO 15924EthiFamilyEthiopic / South SemiticOriginEast AfricaDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagethi

Ge'ez script (Fidäl), used for Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, Ge'ez, Oromo, Somali, and many other Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. Descended from Old South Arabian.

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