File: //usr/lib/aspell/am_phonet.dat
# Copyright (C) 2000 Rémi Vanicat
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# If you want to modify this file, try using grep on the list of word
# to see if you modification is valide
#
# Si vous voulez modifier ce fichier, essayer d'utiliser grep sur la
# liste des mots pour voir si cette modification est valide
version amharic 0.000000001
# Amharic orthography does not geminate, so double is really double:
collapse_result 0
# remove all vowels (syllable bits):
() _
# keep pseudo-vowels at the start of words:
^()
^
^
# but remove pseudo-vowels from the middle words:
() _
# fold phonetically redundant symbols:
()
()
()
# some phonological rules:
# direct mappings, no change