Language/Tigrinya/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Tigrinya (ትግርኛ), also spelled Tigrigna, is an Ethiopic language spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia in the Tigray region.

In today's lesson, we will learn how to write and pronounce the Tigrinya alphabet:

Alphabet pronunciation table

	ä	u	i	a	e	(ə)	o	wä	wi	wa	we	wə
h	ሀ	ሁ	ሂ	ሃ	ሄ	ህ	ሆ						h
l	ለ	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል	ሎ						l
ḥ	ሐ	ሑ	ሒ	ሓ	ሔ	ሕ	ሖ						ḥ
m	መ	ሙ	ሚ	ማ	ሜ	ም	ሞ						m
ś	ሠ	ሡ	ሢ	ሣ	ሤ	ሥ	ሦ						ś
r	ረ	ሩ	ሪ	ራ	ሬ	ር	ሮ						r
s	ሰ	ሱ	ሲ	ሳ	ሴ	ስ	ሶ						s
š	ሸ	ሹ	ሺ	ሻ	ሼ	ሽ	ሾ						š
ḳ	ቀ	ቁ	ቂ	ቃ	ቄ	ቅ	ቆ	ቈ	ቊ	ቋ	ቌ	ቍ	ḳ
ḳʰ	ቐ	ቑ	ቒ	ቓ	ቔ	ቕ	ቖ	ቘ	ቚ	ቛ	ቜ	ቝ	ḳʰ
b	በ	ቡ	ቢ	ባ	ቤ	ብ	ቦ						b
v	ቨ	ቩ	ቪ	ቫ	ቬ	ቭ	ቮ						v
t	ተ	ቱ	ቲ	ታ	ቴ	ት	ቶ						t
č	ቸ	ቹ	ቺ	ቻ	ቼ	ች	ቾ						č
ḫ	ኀ	ኁ	ኂ	ኃ	ኄ	ኅ	ኆ	ኈ	ኊ	ኋ	ኌ	ኍ	ḫ
n	ነ	ኑ	ኒ	ና	ኔ	ን	ኖ						n
ñ	ኘ	ኙ	ኚ	ኛ	ኜ	ኝ	ኞ						ñ
ʾ	አ	ኡ	ኢ	ኣ	ኤ	እ	ኦ						ʾ
k	ከ	ኩ	ኪ	ካ	ኬ	ክ	ኮ	ኰ	ኲ	ኳ	ኴ	ኵ	k
x	ኸ	ኹ	ኺ	ኻ	ኼ	ኽ	ኾ	ዀ	ዂ	ዃ	ዄ	ዅ	x
w	ወ	ዉ	ዊ	ዋ	ዌ	ው	ዎ						w
ʿ	ዐ	ዑ	ዒ	ዓ	ዔ	ዕ	ዖ						ʿ
z	ዘ	ዙ	ዚ	ዛ	ዜ	ዝ	ዞ						z
ž	ዠ	ዡ	ዢ	ዣ	ዤ	ዥ	ዦ						ž
y	የ	ዩ	ዪ	ያ	ዬ	ይ	ዮ						y
d	ደ	ዱ	ዲ	ዳ	ዴ	ድ	ዶ						d
ǧ	ጀ	ጁ	ጂ	ጃ	ጄ	ጅ	ጆ						ǧ
g	ገ	ጉ	ጊ	ጋ	ጌ	ግ	ጎ	ጐ	ጒ	ጓ	ጔ	ጕ	g
ṭ	ጠ	ጡ	ጢ	ጣ	ጤ	ጥ	ጦ						ṭ
č̣	ጨ	ጩ	ጪ	ጫ	ጬ	ጭ	ጮ						č̣
p̣	ጰ	ጱ	ጲ	ጳ	ጴ	ጵ	ጶ						p̣
ṣ	ጸ	ጹ	ጺ	ጻ	ጼ	ጽ	ጾ						ṣ
ṣ́	ፀ	ፁ	ፂ	ፃ	ፄ	ፅ	ፆ						ṣ́
f	ፈ	ፉ	ፊ	ፋ	ፌ	ፍ	ፎ						f
p	ፐ	ፑ	ፒ	ፓ	ፔ	ፕ	ፖ						p
	ä	u	i	a	e	(ə)	o	wä	wi	wa	we	wə