Standardisation of transcription from Encyclopaedia Aethiopica

• all the above should be applied to transcriptions from ETHIOPIC only.

• ä for first order should be changed into a

• a for fourth order should be changed into ā

• initial alef must be reinserted (ʾa, ʾo, ʾe, etc)

• Monosyllabic prepositions must be hyphenated

Ambiguities:

• A, a (at the beginning of a word, A/a vowel occurs only here) > ʾA / ʾĀ, ʾa / ʾā depending on the order (write ʾA/ʾa when unsure)

• ʿA (or ʿa) > ʿA / ʿĀ (or ʿa / ʿā) depending on the order

• Ha (or ha) > Ha / Hā(or ha / hā) depending on the order

• Ḥa (or ḥa) > Ḥa / Ḥā (or ḥa / ḥā) depending on the order

• Ḫa (or ḫa) > Ḫa / Ḫā (or ḫa / ḫā) depending on the order