Amharic alphabets

Amharic is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Semitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by the Amhara in Ethiopia. The language serves as the official working language of Ethiopia, and is also the official or working language of several of the states within the federal system. Amharic is the second-most widely spoken Semitic language in the world after Arabic.

It is written (left-to-right) using Amharic Fidel, ፊደል, which grew out of the Ge'ez abugida—called, in Ethiopian Semitic languages,  ("writing system", "letter", or "character") and አቡጊዳ abugida (from the first four Ethiopic letters, which gave rise to the modern linguistic term abugida).

There is no agreed way of transliterating Amharic into Roman characters. The Amharic examples in the sections below use one system that is common, though not universal, among linguists specialising in Ethiopian Semitic languages

Alphasyllabary

Chart of Amharic fidels

	ä/e [ə]	u	i	a	ē	ə [ɨ], ∅	o	ʷä/ue [ʷə]	ʷi/ui	ʷa/ua	ʷē/uē	ʷə [ʷɨ/ū]
h	ሀ	ሁ	ሂ	ሃ	ሄ	ህ	ሆ
l	ለ	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል	ሎ			ሏ
ĥ	ሐ	ሑ	ሒ	ሓ	ሔ	ሕ	ሖ			ሗ
m	መ	ሙ	ሚ	ማ	ሜ	ም	ሞ			ሟ
ss/ś	ሠ	ሡ	ሢ	ሣ	ሤ	ሥ	ሦ			ሧ
r	ረ	ሩ	ሪ	ራ	ሬ	ር	ሮ			ሯ
s	ሰ	ሱ	ሲ	ሳ	ሴ	ስ	ሶ			ሷ
sh	ሸ	ሹ	ሺ	ሻ	ሼ	ሽ	ሾ			ሿ
q	ቀ	ቁ	ቂ	ቃ	ቄ	ቅ	ቆ	ቈ	ቊ	ቋ	ቌ	ቍ
b	በ	ቡ	ቢ	ባ	ቤ	ብ	ቦ			ቧ
v	ቨ	ቩ	ቪ	ቫ	ቬ	ቭ	ቮ			ቯ
t	ተ	ቱ	ቲ	ታ	ቴ	ት	ቶ			ቷ
ch	ቸ	ቹ	ቺ	ቻ	ቼ	ች	ቾ			ቿ
hh/ħ	ኀ	ኁ	ኂ	ኃ	ኄ	ኅ	ኆ	ኈ	ኊ	ኋ	ኌ	ኍ
n	ነ	ኑ	ኒ	ና	ኔ	ን	ኖ			ኗ
ny	ኘ	ኙ	ኚ	ኛ	ኜ	ኝ	ኞ			ኟ
a	አ	ኡ	ኢ	ኣ	ኤ	እ	ኦ			ኧ
k	ከ	ኩ	ኪ	ካ	ኬ	ክ	ኮ	ኰ	ኲ	ኳ	ኴ	ኵ
kh	ኸ	ኹ	ኺ	ኻ	ኼ	ኽ	ኾ	ዀ	ዂ	ዃ	ዄ	ዅ
w	ወ	ዉ	ዊ	ዋ	ዌ	ው	ዎ
a	ዐ	ዑ	ዒ	ዓ	ዔ	ዕ	ዖ
z	ዘ	ዙ	ዚ	ዛ	ዜ	ዝ	ዞ			ዟ
zh	ዠ	ዡ	ዢ	ዣ	ዤ	ዥ	ዦ			ዧ
y	የ	ዩ	ዪ	ያ	ዬ	ይ	ዮ
d	ደ	ዱ	ዲ	ዳ	ዴ	ድ	ዶ			ዷ
ǧ	ጀ	ጁ	ጂ	ጃ	ጄ	ጅ	ጆ			ጇ
g	ገ	ጉ	ጊ	ጋ	ጌ	ግ	ጎ	ጐ	ጒ	ጓ	ጔ	ጕ
ț	ጠ	ጡ	ጢ	ጣ	ጤ	ጥ	ጦ			ጧ
ch'	ጨ	ጩ	ጪ	ጫ	ጬ	ጭ	ጮ			ጯ
ṗ	ጰ	ጱ	ጲ	ጳ	ጴ	ጵ	ጶ			ጷ
ts	ጸ	ጹ	ጺ	ጻ	ጼ	ጽ	ጾ			ጿ
tz	ፀ	ፁ	ፂ	ፃ	ፄ	ፅ	ፆ
f	ፈ	ፉ	ፊ	ፋ	ፌ	ፍ	ፎ			ፏ
p	ፐ	ፑ	ፒ	ፓ	ፔ	ፕ	ፖ			ፗ
	ä/e [ə]	u	i	a	ē	ə [ɨ], ∅	o	ʷ/ue [ʷə/ū]	ʷi/ui	ʷa/ua	ʷē/uē	ʷə [ʷɨ/ū]