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Amharic is spoken as a first language by some populations living in Ethiopia.
You will find in the table below the different letters of its alphabet and their pronunciation.
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2 legged letters[edit | edit source]
3 legged letters[edit | edit source]
The legless group[edit | edit source]
The uni-legged group[edit | edit source]
Alphabet and IPA[edit | edit source]
ä/e
[ə] |
u | i | a | ē | ə
[ɨ], ∅ |
o | ʷä/ue
[ʷə] |
ʷi/ui | ʷa/ua | ʷē/uē | ʷə
[ʷɨ/ū] |
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h | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | h | |||||
l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | ሏ | l | ||||
ĥ | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | ሗ | ĥ | ||||
m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | ሟ | m | ||||
ss/ś | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | ሧ | ss/ś | ||||
r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | ሯ | r | ||||
s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | ሷ | s | ||||
sh | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | ሿ | sh | ||||
q | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | ቈ | ቊ | ቋ | ቌ | ቍ | q |
b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | ቧ | b | ||||
v | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | ቯ | v | ||||
t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | ቷ | t | ||||
ch | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | ቿ | ch | ||||
hh/ħ | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ | ኈ | ኊ | ኋ | ኌ | ኍ | hh/ħ |
n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | ኗ | n | ||||
ny | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | ኟ | ny | ||||
a | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | ኧ | a | ||||
k | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | ኰ | ኲ | ኳ | ኴ | ኵ | k |
kh | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | ዀ | ዂ | ዃ | ዄ | ዅ | kh |
w | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | w | |||||
a | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | a | |||||
z | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | ዟ | z | ||||
zh | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | ዧ | zh | ||||
y | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | y | |||||
d | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | ዷ | d | ||||
ǧ | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | ጇ | ǧ | ||||
g | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | ጐ | ጒ | ጓ | ጔ | ጕ | g |
ț | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | ጧ | ț | ||||
ch' | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | ጯ | ch' | ||||
ṗ | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | ጷ | ṗ | ||||
ts | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | ጿ | ts | ||||
tz | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ | tz | |||||
f | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | ፏ | f | ||||
p | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | ፗ | p | ||||
ä/e
[ə] |
u | i | a | ē | ə
[ɨ], ∅ |
o | ʷä/ue
[ʷə] |
ʷi/ui | ʷa/ua | ʷē/uē | ʷə
[ʷɨ/ū] |
VIDEO pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Amharic Keyboard[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]