What 𞟮 means
The GFF Gurage keyboard manual version 1.0.1 maps muie to 𞟮.
What does 𞟮 write?
It writes the Gurage syllable mwee. In the Ethiopic script, most signs combine a consonant and a vowel. Here, the M-series consonant is pronounced with rounded lips before e, forming one syllable.
Sahle Selassie and linguist Wolf Leslau began developing extra Ethiopic forms in 1962 while preparing Gurage village stories. The Chaha text appeared in the 1966 collection Ethiopians Speak: Studies in Cultural Background; its added rounded M form represented a Gurage sound the shared inventory lacked.
The revised Gurage spelling was endorsed regionally in 2019 and introduced in public schools in 2020. Unicode, the standard computers use to store text, encoded the modern form separately in 2021. Older spelling may use ᎂ for the corresponding syllable.
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1Why does 𞟮 show as a box?
It can: a font without this Ethiopic Extended-B glyph may show a box or fallback instead. Use a font with coverage for this block; the text still contains the same character.
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𞟮\1E7EEmuie for 𞟮; manual version 1.0.1 lists this mapping.Codes and encoding1 code points
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