Amharic Language

Question 1

What is amharic? (Definition)

Answer

Amharic is a language spoken in the Horn of Africa especially in Ethiopia, in the Amhara region.

Question 2

How to write using amharic?

Answer

Amharic uses an Ethiopian alphasyllabary, consisting of over 250 syllables.

ሀ	hā	ሤ	šē	ቈ	k’o	ቿ	chwa	ኧ	’e	ዚ	zī	ጆ	jo	ጶ	p’o
ሁ	hu	ሥ	ši	ቊ	k’wī	ኀ	ḫā	ከ	ke	ዛ	za	ጇ	jwa	ጷ	p’wa
ሂ	hī	ሦ	šo	ቋ	k’wa	ኁ	ḫu	ኩ	ku	ዜ	zē	ገ	ge	ጸ	ts’e
ሃ	ha	ሧ	šwa	ቌ	k’wē	ኂ	ḫī	ኪ	kī	ዝ	zi	ጉ	gu	ጹ	ts’u
ሄ	hē	ረ	re	በ	be	ኃ	ḫa	ካ	ka	ዞ	zo	ጊ	gī	ጺ	ts’ī
ህ	hi	ሩ	ru	ቡ	bu	ኄ	ḫē	ኬ	kē	ዟ	zwa	ጋ	ga	ጻ	ts’a
ሆ	ho	ሪ	rī	ቢ	bī	ኅ	ḫi	ክ	ki	ዠ	zhe	ጌ	gē	ጼ	ts’ē
ለ	le	ራ	ra	ባ	ba	ኆ	ḫo	ኮ	ko	ዡ	zhu	ግ	gi	ጽ	ts’i
ሉ	lu	ሬ	rē	ቤ	bē	ኈ	ḫo	ኰ	ko	ዢ	zhī	ጎ	go	ጾ	ts’o
ሊ	lī	ር	ri	ብ	bi	ኊ	ḫwī	ኲ	kwī	ዣ	zha	ጐ	go	ጿ	ts’wa
ላ	la	ሮ	ro	ቦ	bo	ኋ	ḫwa	ኳ	kwa	ዤ	zhē	ጒ	gwī	ፀ	s’e
ሌ	lē	ሯ	rwa	ቧ	bwa	ኌ	ḫwē	ኴ	kwē	ዥ	zhi	ጓ	gwa	ፁ	s’u
ል	li	ሰ	se	ቨ	ve	ነ	ne	ኸ	ẖe	ዦ	zho	ጔ	gwē	ፂ	s’ī
ሎ	lo	ሱ	su	ቩ	vu	ኑ	nu	ኹ	ẖu	ዧ	zhwa	ጠ	t’e	ፃ	s’a
ሏ	lwa	ሲ	sī	ቪ	vī	ኒ	nī	ኺ	ẖī	የ	ye	ጡ	t’u	ፄ	s’ē
ሐ	ḥā	ሳ	sa	ቫ	va	ና	na	ኻ	ẖa	ዩ	yu	ጢ	t’ī	ፅ	s’i
ሑ	ḥu	ሴ	sē	ቬ	vē	ኔ	nē	ኼ	ẖē	ዪ	yī	ጣ	t’a	ፆ	s’o
ሒ	ḥī	ስ	si	ቭ	vi	ን	ni	ኽ	ẖi	ያ	ya	ጤ	t’ē	ፈ	fe
ሓ	ḥa	ሶ	so	ቮ	vo	ኖ	no	ኾ	ẖo	ዬ	yē	ጥ	t’i	ፉ	fu
ሔ	ḥē	ሷ	swa	ቯ	vwa	ኗ	nwa	ወ	we	ይ	yi	ጦ	t’o	ፊ	fī
ሕ	ḥi	ሸ	she	ተ	te	ኘ	nye	ዉ	wu	ዮ	yo	ጧ	t’wa	ፋ	fa
ሖ	ḥo	ሹ	shu	ቱ	tu	ኙ	nyu	ዊ	wī	ደ	de	ጨ	ch’e	ፌ	fē
ሗ	ḥwa	ሺ	shī	ቲ	tī	ኚ	nyī	ዋ	wa	ዱ	du	ጩ	ch’u	ፍ	fi
መ	me	ሻ	sha	ታ	ta	ኛ	nya	ዌ	wē	ዲ	dī	ጪ	ch’ī	ፎ	fo
ሙ	mu	ሼ	shē	ቴ	tē	ኜ	nyē	ው	wi	ዳ	da	ጫ	ch’a	ፏ	fwa
ሚ	mī	ሽ	shi	ት	ti	ኝ	nyi	ዎ	wo	ዴ	dē	ጬ	ch’ē	ፐ	pe
ማ	ma	ሾ	sho	ቶ	to	ኞ	nyo	ዐ	‘ā	ድ	di	ጭ	ch’i	ፑ	pu
ሜ	mē	ሿ	shwa	ቷ	twa	ኟ	nywa	ዑ	‘u	ዶ	do	ጮ	ch’o	ፒ	pī
ም	mi	ቀ	k’e	ቸ	che	አ	’ā	ዒ	‘ī	ዷ	dwa	ጯ	ch’wa	ፓ	pa
ሞ	mo	ቁ	k’u	ቹ	chu	ኡ	’u	ዓ	‘a	ጀ	je	ጰ	p’e	ፔ	pē
ሟ	mwa	ቂ	k’ī	ቺ	chī	ኢ	’ī	ዔ	‘ē	ጁ	ju	ጱ	p’u	ፕ	pi
ሠ	še	ቃ	k’a	ቻ	cha	ኣ	’a	ዕ	‘i	ጂ	jī	ጲ	p’ī	ፖ	po
ሡ	šu	ቄ	k’ē	ቼ	chē	ኤ	’ē	ዖ	‘o	ጃ	ja	ጳ	p’a	ፗ	pwa
ሢ	šī	ቅ	k’i	ች	chi	እ	’i	ዘ	ze	ጄ	jē	ጴ	p’ē
ሣ	ša	ቆ	k’o	ቾ	cho	ኦ	’o	ዙ	zu	ጅ	ji	ጵ	p’i

Example: DCODE is pronounced DEKODE and can be written ደኮደ

Question 3

How to read Amharic?

Answer

Each Amharic character corresponds to a syllable, the reading is syllabic.

Example: አማርኛ is read ’āmarinya and means Amharic

Amharic is a living language, still in use, so it has its own words and vocabularies. dCode does not have a translation dictionary and only returns the literal translation (pronunciation).

Question 4

How to recognize a Amharic text? (Identification)

Answer

Amharic characters are usually represented with the characters Ge'ez.

Most characters are declensions of consonant glyphs: ሰ,ተ,ነ,ዘ,ደ,ጠ,ሸ,ቸ,ኘ,ዠ,ጀ,ጨ

Any references to Ethiopia or the Horn of Africa are important clues.

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What is amharic? (Definition)

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