This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Amharic. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.
Amarəñña/አማርኛ
The Amharic Latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# |
Latin letter |
Ge'ez letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
ኣ |
[a] |
2 |
Ä ä | አ | [ə] |
3 |
Ə ə | እ | [ɨ] |
4 |
B b |
በ |
[b] |
5 | C c | ጸ | [t͡s] |
6 | Ċ ċ | ፀ | [t͡sʼ] |
7 | Č č | ቸ | [t͡ʃ] |
8 |
Č' č' | ጨ | [t͡ʃʼ] |
9 |
D d |
ጠ |
[d] |
10 |
E e |
ኤ |
[e] |
11 |
F f |
ፈ |
[f] |
12 |
G g |
ገ |
[g] |
13 | H h | ሀ | [h] |
14 | Ḥ ḥ | ሐ | [ħ] |
15 | ʔ ʔ | ዐ | [ʔ] |
16 | I i | ኢ | [i] |
17 | J j | ጀ | [d͡ʒ] |
18 |
K k |
ከ |
[k] |
19 | Ḳ ḳ | ቀ | [kʼ] |
20 |
Ǩ ǩ | ኸ | [x] |
21 |
L l |
ለ |
[l] |
22 |
M m |
መ |
[m] |
23 |
N n |
ነ |
[n] |
24 | Ñ ñ | ኘ | [ɲ] |
25 |
O o |
ኦ |
[o] |
26 |
P p |
ፐ |
[p] |
27 | Ṗ ṗ | ጰ | [pʼ] |
28 |
Q q | ቐ | [ʁ] |
29 |
R r |
ረ |
[r] |
30 |
S s |
ሰ |
[s] |
31 | Ś ś | ሠ | [s] |
32 |
Š š |
ሸ |
[ʃ] |
33 |
T t |
ተ |
[t] |
34 | Ṭ ṭ | ጠ | [tʼ] |
35 |
U u |
ኡ |
[u] |
36 | V v | ቨ | [v] |
37 |
W w |
ወ |
[w] |
38 | X x | ኀ |
[x] |
39 | Y y | የ | [j] |
40 |
Z z |
ዘ |
[z] |
41 | Ž ž | ዠ | [ʒ] |
Text example
The First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Yä-säw ləj hullu siwwoläd näṣanna bä-kəbrənna bä-mäbtəm əkkulənnät yaläw näw. Yä-täfäṭro yä-mastäwalənna ḥəlinaw səlalläw andu lelawn bä-wondəmamačənnät mänfəs mämälkät yä-gäbbawal.