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.

Amarə��a/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	� �	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	� �	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	� �	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	� �	ዠ	[ʒ]

Text example
The First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Y�-s�w ləj hullu siwwol�d n�ṣanna b�-kəbrənna b�-m�btəm əkkulənn�t yal�w n�w. Y�-t�f�ṭro y�-mast�walənna ḥəlinaw səlall�w andu lelawn b�-wondəmamačənn�t m�nfəs m�m�lk�t y�-g�bbawal.

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