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The seventeenth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called KAF and it sounds like a letter K . The difference in sound between the ninth symbol 
and this one, is that the first one is explosive while this one is not.The printed and handwritten letters are similar.
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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kä
|
 (käramellä) candy |
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ku
|
 (kulalit) kidney |
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ki
|
 (kilo) kilo |
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ka
|
 (karot) carrot |
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ke
|
 (kenya) Kenya |
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kï (just k at the end of a word)
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 (kïbï) round |
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ko
|
 (kot) peach |
Also the following combinations form these symbols:
"k" and "wa": "kwa" 
"k" and"wä": "kwä"
"k" and "we": "kwe" 
"k" and "wi": "kwi" 
"k" and "wï ": "kwï" 
Finally, the complete sequence in alphabetical order :
Next week, the letter H.
AliciA
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