# Copyright (C) 2000 Rémi Vanicat # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. # Vanicat Rémi may be reached by email at vanicat@labri.u-bordeaux.fr # # 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                                                                