Amharic Alphabet: Letters & Structure

Explore the Amharic alphabet structure and number of letters with our guide to Ethiopian script.

ህ Family

Type "h" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ሀ	`he`	1st
ሁ	`hu`	2nd
ሂ	`hi`	3rd
ሃ	`ha`	4th
ሄ	`hie`	5th
ህ	`h`	6th
ሆ	`ho`	7th

ሕ Family

Type "hh" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ሐ	`hhe`	1st
ሑ	`hhu`	2nd
ሒ	`hhi`	3rd
ሓ	`hha`	4th
ሔ	`hhie`	5th
ሕ	`hh`	6th
ሖ	`hho`	7th

ል Family

Type "l" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ለ	`le`	1st
ሉ	`lu`	2nd
ሊ	`li`	3rd
ላ	`la`	4th
ሌ	`lie`	5th
ል	`l`	6th
ሎ	`lo`	7th

ም Family

Type "m" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
መ	`me`	1st
ሙ	`mu`	2nd
ሚ	`mi`	3rd
ማ	`ma`	4th
ሜ	`mie`	5th
ም	`m`	6th
ሞ	`mo`	7th

ሥ Family

Type "ss" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ሠ	`sse`	1st
ሡ	`ssu`	2nd
ሢ	`ssi`	3rd
ሣ	`ssa`	4th
ሤ	`ssie`	5th
ሥ	`ss`	6th
ሦ	`sso`	7th

ር Family

Type "r" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ረ	`re`	1st
ሩ	`ru`	2nd
ሪ	`ri`	3rd
ራ	`ra`	4th
ሬ	`rie`	5th
ር	`r`	6th
ሮ	`ro`	7th

ስ Family

Type "s" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ሰ	`se`	1st
ሱ	`su`	2nd
ሲ	`si`	3rd
ሳ	`sa`	4th
ሴ	`sie`	5th
ስ	`s`	6th
ሶ	`so`	7th

ሽ Family

Type "x" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ሸ	`xe`	1st
ሹ	`xu`	2nd
ሺ	`xi`	3rd
ሻ	`xa`	4th
ሼ	`xie`	5th
ሽ	`x`	6th
ሾ	`xo`	7th

ቅ Family

Type "q" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ቀ	`qe`	1st
ቁ	`qu`	2nd
ቂ	`qi`	3rd
ቃ	`qa`	4th
ቄ	`qie`	5th
ቅ	`q`	6th
ቆ	`qo`	7th

ብ Family

Type "b" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
በ	`be`	1st
ቡ	`bu`	2nd
ቢ	`bi`	3rd
ባ	`ba`	4th
ቤ	`bie`	5th
ብ	`b`	6th
ቦ	`bo`	7th

ቭ Family

Type "v" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ቨ	`ve`	1st
ቩ	`vu`	2nd
ቪ	`vi`	3rd
ቫ	`va`	4th
ቬ	`vie`	5th
ቭ	`v`	6th
ቮ	`vo`	7th

ት Family

Type "t" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ተ	`te`	1st
ቱ	`tu`	2nd
ቲ	`ti`	3rd
ታ	`ta`	4th
ቴ	`tie`	5th
ት	`t`	6th
ቶ	`to`	7th

ች Family

Type "c" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ቸ	`ce`	1st
ቹ	`cu`	2nd
ቺ	`ci`	3rd
ቻ	`ca`	4th
ቼ	`cie`	5th
ች	`c`	6th
ቾ	`co`	7th

ኅ Family

Type "H" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ኀ	`He`	1st
ኁ	`Hu`	2nd
ኂ	`Hi`	3rd
ኃ	`Ha`	4th
ኄ	`Hie`	5th
ኅ	`H`	6th
ኆ	`Ho`	7th

ን Family

Type "n" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ነ	`ne`	1st
ኑ	`nu`	2nd
ኒ	`ni`	3rd
ና	`na`	4th
ኔ	`nie`	5th
ን	`n`	6th
ኖ	`no`	7th

ኝ Family

Type "N" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ኘ	`Ne`	1st
ኙ	`Nu`	2nd
ኚ	`Ni`	3rd
ኛ	`Na`	4th
ኜ	`Nie`	5th
ኝ	`N`	6th
ኞ	`No`	7th

ክ Family

Type "k" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ከ	`ke`	1st
ኩ	`ku`	2nd
ኪ	`ki`	3rd
ካ	`ka`	4th
ኬ	`kie`	5th
ክ	`k`	6th
ኮ	`ko`	7th

ኽ Family

Type "K" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ኸ	`Ke`	1st
ኹ	`Ku`	2nd
ኺ	`Ki`	3rd
ኻ	`Ka`	4th
ኼ	`Kie`	5th
ኽ	`K`	6th
ኾ	`Ko`	7th

ው Family

Type "w" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ወ	`we`	1st
ዉ	`wu`	2nd
ዊ	`wi`	3rd
ዋ	`wa`	4th
ዌ	`wie`	5th
ው	`w`	6th
ዎ	`wo`	7th

ዕ Family

Type "A" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ዐ	`Ae`	1st
ዑ	`Au`	2nd
ዒ	`Ai`	3rd
ዓ	`Aa`	4th
ዔ	`Aie`	5th
ዕ	`A`	6th
ዖ	`Ao`	7th

ዝ Family

Type "z" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ዘ	`ze`	1st
ዙ	`zu`	2nd
ዚ	`zi`	3rd
ዛ	`za`	4th
ዜ	`zie`	5th
ዝ	`z`	6th
ዞ	`zo`	7th

ዥ Family

Type "Z" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ዠ	`Ze`	1st
ዡ	`Zu`	2nd
ዢ	`Zi`	3rd
ዣ	`Za`	4th
ዤ	`Zie`	5th
ዥ	`Z`	6th
ዦ	`Zo`	7th

የ Family

Type "y" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
የ	`ye`	1st
ዩ	`yu`	2nd
ዪ	`yi`	3rd
ያ	`ya`	4th
ዬ	`yie`	5th
ይ	`y`	6th
ዮ	`yo`	7th

ድ Family

Type "d" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ደ	`de`	1st
ዱ	`du`	2nd
ዲ	`di`	3rd
ዳ	`da`	4th
ዴ	`die`	5th
ድ	`d`	6th
ዶ	`do`	7th

ጅ Family

Type "j" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ጀ	`je`	1st
ጁ	`ju`	2nd
ጂ	`ji`	3rd
ጃ	`ja`	4th
ጄ	`jie`	5th
ጅ	`j`	6th
ጆ	`jo`	7th

ግ Family

Type "g" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ገ	`ge`	1st
ጉ	`gu`	2nd
ጊ	`gi`	3rd
ጋ	`ga`	4th
ጌ	`gie`	5th
ግ	`g`	6th
ጎ	`go`	7th

ጥ Family

Type "T" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ጠ	`Te`	1st
ጡ	`Tu`	2nd
ጢ	`Ti`	3rd
ጣ	`Ta`	4th
ጤ	`Tie`	5th
ጥ	`T`	6th
ጦ	`To`	7th

ጭ Family

Type "C" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ጨ	`Ce`	1st
ጩ	`Cu`	2nd
ጪ	`Ci`	3rd
ጫ	`Ca`	4th
ጬ	`Cie`	5th
ጭ	`C`	6th
ጮ	`Co`	7th

ጵ Family

Type "P" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ጰ	`Pe`	1st
ጱ	`Pu`	2nd
ጲ	`Pi`	3rd
ጳ	`Pa`	4th
ጴ	`Pie`	5th
ጵ	`P`	6th
ጶ	`Po`	7th

ጽ Family

Type "S" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ጸ	`Se`	1st
ጹ	`Su`	2nd
ጺ	`Si`	3rd
ጻ	`Sa`	4th
ጼ	`Sie`	5th
ጽ	`S`	6th
ጾ	`So`	7th

ፅ Family

Type "SS" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ፀ	`SSe`	1st
ፁ	`SSu`	2nd
ፂ	`SSi`	3rd
ፃ	`SSa`	4th
ፄ	`SSie`	5th
ፅ	`SS`	6th
ፆ	`SSo`	7th

ፍ Family

Type "f" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ፈ	`fe`	1st
ፉ	`fu`	2nd
ፊ	`fi`	3rd
ፋ	`fa`	4th
ፌ	`fie`	5th
ፍ	`f`	6th
ፎ	`fo`	7th

ፕ Family

Type "p" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
ፐ	`pe`	1st
ፑ	`pu`	2nd
ፒ	`pi`	3rd
ፓ	`pa`	4th
ፔ	`pie`	5th
ፕ	`p`	6th
ፖ	`po`	7th

እ Family

Type "a" followed by a vowel (e, u, i, a, ee/ie, ə, o)

Amharic	Type	Order
አ	`ae`	1st
ኡ	`au`	2nd
ኢ	`ai`	3rd
ኣ	`aa`	4th
ኤ	`aie`	5th
እ	`a`	6th
ኦ	`ao`	7th

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