Amharic Letters & Alphabet Guide

Ethiopic Fidel letters, vowel forms, and numbers with English pronunciation

About Amharic Script: Amharic is written with the Ethiopic script, also called Fidel. Each base consonant changes shape with vowel sounds, so one letter family can represent ha, hu, hi, ha, he, h, and ho sounds.
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Amharic Fidel Families

Base SoundFidel FormsPronunciation Guide
hሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆha, hu, hi, haa, he, h, ho
lለ ሉ ሊ ላ ሌ ል ሎle, lu, li, la, le, l, lo
mመ ሙ ሚ ማ ሜ ም ሞme, mu, mi, ma, me, m, mo
sሰ ሱ ሲ ሳ ሴ ስ ሶse, su, si, sa, se, s, so
rረ ሩ ሪ ራ ሬ ር ሮre, ru, ri, ra, re, r, ro
shሸ ሹ ሺ ሻ ሼ ሽ ሾshe, shu, shi, sha, she, sh, sho
qቀ ቁ ቂ ቃ ቄ ቅ ቆqe, qu, qi, qa, qe, q, qo
bበ ቡ ቢ ባ ቤ ብ ቦbe, bu, bi, ba, be, b, bo
tተ ቱ ቲ ታ ቴ ት ቶte, tu, ti, ta, te, t, to
chቸ ቹ ቺ ቻ ቼ ች ቾche, chu, chi, cha, che, ch, cho
nነ ኑ ኒ ና ኔ ን ኖne, nu, ni, na, ne, n, no
kከ ኩ ኪ ካ ኬ ክ ኮke, ku, ki, ka, ke, k, ko
wወ ዉ ዊ ዋ ዌ ው ዎwe, wu, wi, wa, we, w, wo
zዘ ዙ ዚ ዛ ዜ ዝ ዞze, zu, zi, za, ze, z, zo
yየ ዩ ዪ ያ ዬ ይ ዮye, yu, yi, ya, ye, y, yo
dደ ዱ ዲ ዳ ዴ ድ ዶde, du, di, da, de, d, do
gገ ጉ ጊ ጋ ጌ ግ ጎge, gu, gi, ga, ge, g, go
fፈ ፉ ፊ ፋ ፌ ፍ ፎfe, fu, fi, fa, fe, f, fo
pፐ ፑ ፒ ፓ ፔ ፕ ፖpe, pu, pi, pa, pe, p, po

Amharic Numbers

NumberAmharicPronunciation
1አንድand
2ሁለትhulet
3ሶስትsost
4አራትarat
5አምስትamist
6ስድስትsidist
7ሰባትsebat
8ስምንትsimint
9ዘጠኝzetegn
10አስርasir

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