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The twenty-eighth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called Č’ and it sounds like a CH of the Spanish language, only that it should be pronounced with an explosion in the same way as the previous symbol. You should listen very carefully to the examples since there is no equivalent in the English language. In dictionaries appears written as ch’, č’ or sometimes as č with a dot underneath.
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 |
how to write it |
examples | |
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č’ä |
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 (č’äräk’a) moon |
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č’u |
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 (č’uhät) scream |
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č’i |
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 (t’äč’č’i) heavy drinker |
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č’a |
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 (č’amma) shoe |
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č’e |
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 (č’uč’e) young girl |
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č’ï (just č’ at the end of a word) |
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 (č’ïk’a) mud |
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č’o |
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 (č’oma) fat (of meat or an animal) |
Also the combination of the sounds č’ and wa form an eighth
symbol or “č’wa” 
Finally, the complete sequence in alphabetical order :
Next week, the letter P’.
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