Language/Amharic/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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.

2 legged letters

Alphabet and IPA

	ä/e [ə]	u	i	a	ē	ə [ɨ], ∅	o	ʷä/ue [ʷə]	ʷi/ui	ʷa/ua	ʷē/uē	ʷə [ʷɨ/ū]
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]