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The twenty-ninth symbol of the Amharic alphabet is called P’ÄYT and it sounds like a P but with an explosive sound. To learn how to pronounce it, you should listen to the examples below. This symbol is used in biblical words of names and places.
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
and say it

 examples
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p’ä
pentecost(p’änt’äk’ost’e)
Pentecost
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p’u
 
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p’i
eraser
(lap’p'is) eraser
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p’a
bishop
(pappas) bishop
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p’e
peter
(p’et’ros) Peter
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p’ï (just p’ at the end of a word)
ethiop
(ityop’p'ïya) Ethiopia
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p’o
 

Also the combination of the sounds p’ and wa form an eighth
symbol or “p’wa” ppwa

Finally, the complete sequence in alphabetical order :
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Next week, the letter S’.

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