Language/Tigrinya/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Tigrinya Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...

Hello Polyglots,

In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Tigrinya alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

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

• With a firm understanding of this material under your belt, you may be inclined to examine these connected subjects: How to greet someone in the Tigrinya language, Colors.

Tigrinya Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

	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

Tigrinya Online Virtual Keyboard