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Ethiopic Character Entry

Wikipedia has questionable and undocumented materials in Amharic while a scientifically sound method is availble as U.S. Patent No. 9000957 and at http://freetping.geezedit.com.

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created on02:41, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

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Scientifically sound Ethiopic documentation by Wikipedia.

What is your solution?

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Allow you to use my Ethiopic Character Entry method.  

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There are about 13 Ethiopic-user languages and I do not want you to waste peoples' times typing undocumented materials with multiple keystrokes. Please see https://www.scribd.com/document/40402268/Localization-in-Amharic-Challenges-and-Opportunities-of-Amharic-Keyboard-Layouts-%E1%8B%A8%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%9B%E1%88%AD%E1%8A%9B-%E1%8A%A0%E1%8A%AB%E1%89%A3%E1%89%A2%E1%8A%90%E1%89%B5-%E1%8B%A8%E1%8A%AE%E1%88%9D%E1%8D%92%E1%8B%A9%E1%89%B0%E1%88%AD-%E1%89%81%E1%88%8D%E1%8D%8D-%E1%88%B0%E1%88%8C%E1%8B%B3-%E1%8A%A0%E1%89%80%E1%88%9B%E1%88%98%E1%8C%A5-%E1%88%A8%E1%8C%88%E1%8B%B5

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I also contribute in other ways.

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Please see https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%A3%E1%89%A0%E1%88%AB_%E1%88%9E%E1%88%8B

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