Note: While I do my best to share what I’ve learned about the Amharic language, you should know that I’m not an expert or a teacher, only a student.
There is a list at the bottom of this page containing a number of books and other learning materials for those who are serious about learning the language.
AMHARIC (Amarico, Amharico, Amariña, Amarigna, Amarinha, አማርኛ): Official language of Ethiopia.
FIDEL SYMBOLS:
<HANDWRITING WORKSHEETS:
Symbol#1 Worksheet
Symbol#2 Worksheet
QUIZZES:
| Quiz #1 | Quiz # 2 | Quiz #3 |
| Quiz #4 | Quiz #5 | Quiz #6 |
| Quiz #7 | Quiz #8 | Quiz #9 |
| Quiz #10 | Quiz #11 |
Challenges:
| Challenge #1 | Challenge #2 | Challenge #3 | Challenge #4 |
| Challenge #5 | Challenge #6 | Challenge #7 | Challenge #8 |
FONTS:
(Amhara)
This a Latin font I’ve created with the look of the Ethiopian alphabet. It is NOT an Ethiopic font, but a Latin one. This is an example of how the letters look like:
(Ethiopic Addis)
This is my first attempt to create an Ethiopic Font with a more modern look. Here is how it looks:
It also has the Latin alphabet:
(Ethiopic Dire Dawa)
My second Ethiopic Font that imitates the handwritten Amharic characters :
AMHARIC FONTS and WASHRA KEYBOARD:
To download the traditional Amharic Fonts and the Washra Keyboard layout, please click here .
I prepared a small table in .pdf format with the distribution of the letters in the keyboard and as a help to remember and study the symbols, including the “wa” letters. It’s very useful, I printed and laminated it: FEEDEL TABLE .
NAME OF THE MONTH:
August’09: Tesfa
September ’09: Adäy
October ’09: Mäbrat
GRAMMAR:
Sentence structure
The verb TO BE (existence)
Noun plurals
Masculine and Feminine
Personal Pronouns
The verb TO BE (place)
The verb TO HAVE
VOCABULARY:
Numbers in Amharic
Days of the week
Months of the year
Greetings
Colors
OTHER:
Feedel Structure
Amharic dictionaries
My name in Amharic
Writing your name with the Amharic Machine
LEARNING MATERIAL (for more information see List):
Colloquial Amharic by David Appleyard
Amharic Basic Course by Foreign Service Institute
Amharic the EZ Way y Amharic 101 to 104 by Shining Star Multimedia
Let’s Speak Amharic by NALRC
Amharic for Foreign beginners by Alem Eshetu
Talk Now! Learn Amharic by Euro Talk Interactive
MY-Amharic CD by MY-Media Engineering & Trading Plc.
CRE - Amharic from English by Dr. Bob Boland
Lonely Planet Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook by Tilahun Kebede
Learn the Amharic Alphabet! by Nigat Tadesse
Our first Amharic words by Stacy Bellward
Ge’ez Activity Book by Adda Tewolde
Concise Amharic Dictionary by Wolf Leslau
Amharic Lexicon: A Supplement to Concise Amharic-English Dictionaries by Girma Getahun
Amharic for foreigners: Based on standard American phonetic system by Semere Woldegabir
Amharic lessons: Based on Amharic for foreigners by Semere Woldegabir
Amharic Textbook: Through English by Wolf Leslau
Introductory grammar of Amharic by Wolf Leslau
Simple Language for adoptive families - Amharic
iPod AND ANDROID APPS:
English-Amharic-English (eAe) Abridged Dictionary app. for Android
uTalk HD Amharic, app for the iPod
Amharic app for the iPhone By Daniel ALEMU
Trgum - English to Amharic Dictionary app for the iPhone By Daniel ALEMU
Ahaz - Amharic Numeric System By Daniel ALEMU
Qotari Telling Time app for iPhone By Daniel ALEMU
Amharic Bible app for iPhone By Spindle Studios
Amharic Feedel app for iPhone By Spindle Studios
Amharic Pocket Guide By the NextTrain
Amharic Talk By Spindle Studios
OTHER BOOKS:
Ethiopic, an African Writing System: Its History and Principles
by Ayele Bekerie
AFRICAN PROVERBS by Wolf Leslau
Phonologies of Asia and Africa: Including the Caucasus (2 Volume Set) by Alan S. Kaye
Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Africa by Saki Mafundikwa
BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIAL IN AMHARIC FOR CHILDREN:
Habte Books
Abshiro Kids
Amharic Kids
Ethiopia Reads
FREE MATERIAL:
Amharic Basic Course by Foreign Service Institute:
Free Manuals and some sound files
Free Manuals at archive.org
Complete Sound Files
Mp4 files for the iPod - Text+Audio (right click to download):
Unit 1 part a
Unit 1 part b
FREE AMHARIC BOOKS (Reference books, Christian books, Children’s books)
FREE BOOKS in .pdf format to download:
FUNDAMENTALS OF AMHARIC (REVISED EDITION), UNITS I-III (PRONUNCIATION AND LESSONS 1-15). by Donald K. Barton
FUNDAMENTALS OF AMHARIC (REVISED), UNITS IV-VII (LESSONS 16-35). by Donald K. Barton
FUNDAMENTALS OF AMHARIC (REVISED EDITION), UNITS VIII-IX. DIALOGUES FOR CONVERSATION, AMHARIC SCRIPT. by Donald K. Barton
INTERMEDIATE AMHARIC CULTURAL READER (Amharic/English texts) by Wolf Leslau
AN ENGLISH-AMHARIC DICTIONARY OF EVERYDAY USAGE, PART I, (A-L). by Wolf Leslau
AN ENGLISH-AMHARIC DICTIONARY OF EVERYDAY USAGE, PART II, (L-Z). by Wolf Leslau
AN AMHARIC REFERENCE GRAMMAR by Wolf Leslau
BASIC AMHARIC DICTIONARY: Amharic-English, English-Amharic. by Wolf Leslau
LINKS:
Amharic Machine
Amharic Dictionary
Universidad de Vigo - Lengua Amharica
Quizlet: Amharic Letters Quiz
Internet Poliglot - Amharic basic vocabulary with audio
FORUMS TO LEARN AMHARIC:
Amarico Online · Amariña o amárico para españoles(in Spanish)
Amharic Dictionary
Amharic On Line
NOTE: I don’t have enough time to accept personal requests on how to write names in Amharic, transliterations or phrases/words. To convert a name in Spanish or English to Amharic characters, please go to www.amharicmachine.com. As a dictionary Amharic-English, http://www.amharicdictionary.com/.
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