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The nineteenth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called WÄWE and it sounds like the sound “w” in English.
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 from the site Amharic Online. Phonetic symbols according to David Appleyard.
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phonetics
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how to write it
and say it |
examples | |
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wä
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 (wätät) milk |
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wu
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wi
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 (sämayawi) blue |
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wa
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 (wašša) cave, cavern |
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we
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 (norwey) Norway |
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wï (just w at the end of a word)
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 (wïha) water  (säw) man |
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wo
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 (awo) yes |
Finally, the complete sequence in alphabetical order : 
Next week, the second letter A.
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