id: "ssy_Latn"
language: "ssy"
script: "Latn"
name: "Saho"
population: 218923
region: "ER"
exemplar_chars {
  base: "a A ä Ä b B c C {ch} {CH} ç Ç d D {dh} {DH} e E ë Ë f F g G {gn} {GN} h H i I j J k K {kh} {KH} l L m M n N o O ö Ö p P q Q {qh} {QH} r R {rh} {RH} s S {sh} {SH} t T {th} {TH} {ts} {TS} u U v V w W x X y Y z Z"
  marks: "◌̈ ◌̧"
}
source: "Giorgio Banti & Moreno Vergari, “A sketch of Saho grammar”, Journal of Eritrean Studies, vol. 4, no. 1-2, May-December 2005, pp. 100-131"
source: "Moreno Vergari & Roberta Vergari, A basic Saho-English-Italian Dictionary, Asmara: Sabur Printing Services, 2003"
note: "Banti & Vergari 2005 indicates “a dieresis is used to distinguish some feminine nouns with a final pitch accent from their masculine counterparts that have penultimate pitch accent”. For example barha and barhä (son and daughter), kare and karë (dog), agiro and agirö (clever person)."