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LingoBear creates short Amharic passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Ethio-Semitic language, Ge'ez (Fidäl) abugida with 33 base consonants × 7 vowel forms, official language of Ethiopia, ~32M native speakers.

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What script does Amharic use?

Amharic is written in the Ge'ez script (Fidäl, ፊደል), an abugida with 33 base consonants. Each consonant has seven vowel-modified forms, giving 231 commonly used syllabic characters. Unlike many world scripts it is read left to right and uses ።፣፤ for sentence and clause punctuation.

How does Amharic grammar work?

Amharic is a Semitic language with triconsonantal roots, SOV word order, and rich verb morphology that marks subject, object, gender and politeness. Nouns have two genders and pluralize with -očč. LingoBear lets you see these patterns in real reading material on topics you choose.