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The twenty-first symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called ZÄY and it sounds like a letter Z.
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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zä |
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 (zärra) sow |
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zu |
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 (zur) contest |
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zi |
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 (zimbabwe)Zimbabwe |
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za |
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 (zare) today |
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ze |
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 (zega) citizen |
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zï (just “z” at the end of a word) |
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 (zïnabï) rain  (almaz) diamond |
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zo |
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 (zof) egg white |
Also, the sound “z” and the sound”wa” form the letter “zwa” 
Finally, the complete sequence in alphabetical order :
Next week, the letter ZH.
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