# አማርኛ Phonetic Keyboard

> Free Amharic (አማርኛ) phonetic keyboard for the web, plus a Linux IBus engine for system-wide typing. Type Latin letters → Ethiopic Fidel (SERA / GFF, Windows IME feel).

Site: https://amharickeyboard.vercel.app/
Source: https://github.com/Henok-Enyew/amharic-keyboard
Author: Henok Enyew — https://henokenyew.me — henokenyew86@gmail.com
License: MIT

## Products

1. **Web keyboard** — browser-based PWA. Toggle አማርኛ / English with Ctrl+Space. Examples: selam → ሰላም, amarNa → አማርኛ, kremt → ክረምት.
2. **Linux IBus engine** (`amharic-phonetic`) — system-wide input for Fedora, Ubuntu/Debian, Arch. Install with `./install.sh`, switch with Super+Space.

## Install Linux (summary)

```bash
# Fedora
sudo dnf install ibus python3-gobject git
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ibus python3-gi gir1.2-ibus-1.0 git
# Arch
sudo pacman -S ibus python-gobject git

git clone https://github.com/Henok-Enyew/amharic-keyboard.git
cd amharic-keyboard && ./install.sh
```

Choose **Amharic Phonetic** (IBus), not the plain Amharic XKB layout.

## Optional

- Uninstall: `./uninstall.sh` or `./uninstall.sh --purge`
- Status: `./install.sh --status`