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Posted in April 28th, 2008

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The eighth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called Š and it sounds like "sh", as in the word "she". The printed letter and its handwritten version look the similar and is as if we add a short vertical line on the top of the letter .

Here is the table with the printed letter, handwritten letter and pronunciation, and a few examples. The animations were made according to the instructions in the book Writing and Reading Amharic and the sounds are form the site Amharic Online. Phonetic according to David Appleyard.

print	phonetics	how to write it and say it	examples
	šä (shä)		(šäläqo) valley
	šu (shu)		(šurrab) sweater
	ši (shi)		(ši) one-thousand, or (ših) one-thousand
	ša (sha)		(šay) te
	še (she)		(šek ) sheik
	šï (shï) (just sh at the end of a word)		(sïlkokko) squirrel (gošš) buffalo
	šo (sho)		(šorba) soup, broth

Again as in previous symbols, the combination of the sound "sh" and the sound "wa" forms an eighth order: šwa (shwa)

Finally the complete sequence in alphabetical order :

Here is the quiz for the eighth letter of the alphabet:

Quiz # 8

Next week, the letter QAF.

AliciA

7 users commented in " Amharic - eighth symbol "

Loreto&Carlos said,

in April 29th, 2008 at 8:45 am

Hola Alicia
Potr si algunos de los ‘alumnos’ les sirve de orientación, el sonido del símbolo de hoy es equivalente a la X del gallego.
Un saludo.

Matt A said,

in April 29th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

Thanks so much for posting these lessons. They are great! My family and I are using them for the same reason as you. We are in the adoption process too. This is a great site. Please keep it up.

The other thing we are doing is getting into Ethiopian style cooking. Are you doing any of that?

Alicia said,

in April 29th, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Hola L&C!

Gracias por la informacion acerca de la pronunciacion, lo voy a agregar al post ya mismo!
AliciA

Alicia said,

in April 29th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Hi Matt,
Thank you for your support!
I haven’t try any Ethiopian cooking yet, but one thing I’m sure I will try is to make some injera. I don’t know where to find the main ingredient, teff, here in Portland, though.
AliciA

Loreto&Carlos said,

in April 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Selam, Alicia

El Grupo de Tipología Lingüística de la Universidad de Vigo, en Galicia, acaba de poner en línea la web sobre la lengua amariña. Forma parte de un programa que han venido desarrollando durante este curso para que los futuros filógogos se intereses por el idioma mayoritario en Etiopía. En la web, cómo no, tienen un enlace a Road to Ethiopia.
Este es el enlace a la web
http://sys.uvigo.es/amharico/
Y este es lo que nosotros hemos contado
http://mamaetiopia.blogspot.com/2008/04/amaria-en-la-universidade-de-vigo.html
A ver si entre lo tuyo, ésto y lo que le escuchamos a nuestra hija somo capaces de aprendemos algo.
Un saludo.

Alicia said,

in May 1st, 2008 at 7:09 pm

Hi Matt,
Thanks for the link!
I also found out that there is a local store that sells teff, New Seasons, so I guess I have to start looking for recipes…
Maybe Whole Foods sells it too, but I haven’t checked yet.
AliciA