Qubee orthography

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orthography writing system

Qubee orthography is the Latin-based writing system used for the Oromo language, standardized in the early 1990s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Qubee Latin orthography 1
Qubee orthography canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orthography ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Oromo people ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Oromo cultural revival ⓘ
Oromo language rights movement ⓘ
baseAlphabet ISO 646 ⓘ
surface form: ISO basic Latin alphabet
designedFor phonemic representation of Oromo ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Qubee ⓘ
Qubee orthography ⓘ
surface form: Qubee Latin orthography
hasConsonantDigraph ch ⓘ
dh ⓘ
ny ⓘ
ph ⓘ
qu ⓘ
sh ⓘ
ts ⓘ
x ⓘ
hasFeature one-to-one letter–sound correspondence as a goal ⓘ
use of Latin letters without diacritics for Oromo vowels ⓘ
use of consonant digraphs for ejective and implosive sounds ⓘ
hasVowelLetters a ⓘ
double vowels to mark length ⓘ
e ⓘ
i ⓘ
o ⓘ
u ⓘ
influencedBy Latin-based African orthographies ⓘ
language Oromo ⓘ
surface form: Oromo language
replacedWritingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Geʽez script ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopic script
representsPhonemes Oromo phonology ⓘ
script Latin script ⓘ
standardizedIn early 1990s ⓘ
standardizedInCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
status official orthography of Oromo in Ethiopia ⓘ
widely used orthography of Oromo in Kenya ⓘ
timePeriodOfAdoption late 20th century ⓘ
usedFor Oromo ⓘ
surface form: Oromo language
usedForWriting Ethiopian literature ⓘ
surface form: Oromo literature

Oromo newspapers ⓘ
Oromo school textbooks ⓘ
usedInDomain Oromo mass media ⓘ
Oromo-language publishing ⓘ
education in Oromo language ⓘ
usesDigraphs true ⓘ
writingSystemFamily alphabetic ⓘ
writingSystemType Latin-based alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oromo → hasStandardForm → Qubee orthography ⓘ
Qubee orthography → hasAlternativeName → Qubee orthography ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qubee Latin orthography