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The twenty-third symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called YÄMÄN and the sound is similar to the letter Y. Here is the table with the writing, pronunciation and examples. .
The animations were made according to the instructions in the book Writing and Reading Amharic and the sounds are from the site Amharic Online. Phonetic symbols according to David Appleyard.
|
phonetics |
how to write it |
examples | |
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yä |
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 (yätïm) anywhere |
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yu |
|
 (yunivärsiti) University |
 |
yi |
|
 (bïlatenayit) little girl |
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ya |
|
 (yazä) to catch |
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ye |
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 (mäkinaye) my car |
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yï (just y at the end of a word) |
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 (k’äy) red |
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yo |
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 (radiyo) radio |
Finally, the complete sequence in alphabetical order :
Next week, the letter D.
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