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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.
Upon mastering this content, you might be interested in pursuing these relevant subjects: Language/Amharic/Grammar/Pronunciation-and-Phonetics, Learn the Amharic Alphabet and Its Pronunciation & Phonology: Vowel Change.
2 legged letters
3 legged letters
The legless group
The uni-legged group
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] |
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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
Amharic Keyboard
Sources
https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf
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