Amharic · Fidel writing system
Writing system course · 46 lessons · 302 entries
Explore the Amharic Fidel charts one small family at a time.
The main track contains 34 seven-form families in the order supplied by the creator. Each family has its own short lesson, so you can compare the seven shapes and readings before adding the next group.
Later lessons collect labialized and additional forms, Ethiopic numerals and punctuation. The numeral exercises use numerical values as answers; chart-supplied names remain available as reference notes. The punctuation entries retain the supplied labels and also record Unicode character names separately.
Preview any lesson before adding the course. Starting a private copy opens the first lesson; later lessons remain inside the course until you start them. Supplied readings are retained, including repetitions across different glyphs, and need further linguistic review. No recorded pronunciations were included in these files.
Read these examples freely without an account. In the app you can preview lessons, study a private copy and progress through the course one lesson at a time.
Examples from the lessons
Compare the original written form with the supplied reading or equivalent. Try covering the answer column before checking it.
| Written form | Reading | Meaning or equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| ሀ | hä | hä |
| ሁ | hu | hu |
| ሂ | hi | hi |
| ሃ | ha | ha |
| ለ | lä | lä |
| ሉ | lu | lu |
| ሊ | li | li |
| ላ | la | la |
How to practice
Look at the Ethiopic glyph and its supplied reading, trace its shape, then use recognition and production practice to check your memory. Later writing stages let you draw without a visible guide and reveal the answer for comparison. Configure the included representations when adding the course.
Course outline
Use the outline to choose what to preview. Starting the interactive course begins with the first lesson; later lessons become available as you continue.
- Family ሀ · ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ
- Family ለ · ለ ሉ ሊ ላ ሌ ል ሎ
- Family ሐ · ሐ ሑ ሒ ሓ ሔ ሕ ሖ
- Family መ · መ ሙ ሚ ማ ሜ ም ሞ
- Family ሠ · ሠ ሡ ሢ ሣ ሤ ሥ ሦ
- Family ረ · ረ ሩ ሪ ራ ሬ ር ሮ
- Family ሰ · ሰ ሱ ሲ ሳ ሴ ስ ሶ
- Family ሸ · ሸ ሹ ሺ ሻ ሼ ሽ ሾ
- Family ቀ · ቀ ቁ ቂ ቃ ቄ ቅ ቆ
- Family በ · በ ቡ ቢ ባ ቤ ብ ቦ
- Family ተ · ተ ቱ ቲ ታ ቴ ት ቶ
- Family ቸ · ቸ ቹ ቺ ቻ ቼ ች ቾ
- Family ኀ · ኀ ኁ ኂ ኃ ኄ ኅ ኆ
- Family ነ · ነ ኑ ኒ ና ኔ ን ኖ
- Family ኘ · ኘ ኙ ኚ ኛ ኜ ኝ ኞ
- Family አ · አ ኡ ኢ ኣ ኤ እ ኦ
- Family ከ · ከ ኩ ኪ ካ ኬ ክ ኮ
- Family ኸ · ኸ ኹ ኺ ኻ ኼ ኽ ኾ
- Family ወ · ወ ዉ ዊ ዋ ዌ ው ዎ
- Family ዐ · ዐ ዑ ዒ ዓ ዔ ዕ ዖ
- Family ዘ · ዘ ዙ ዚ ዛ ዜ ዝ ዞ
- Family ዠ · ዠ ዡ ዢ ዣ ዤ ዥ ዦ
- Family የ · የ ዩ ዪ ያ ዬ ይ ዮ
- Family ደ · ደ ዱ ዲ ዳ ዴ ድ ዶ
- Family ጀ · ጀ ጁ ጂ ጃ ጄ ጅ ጆ
- Family ገ · ገ ጉ ጊ ጋ ጌ ግ ጎ
- Family ጠ · ጠ ጡ ጢ ጣ ጤ ጥ ጦ
- Family ጨ · ጨ ጩ ጪ ጫ ጬ ጭ ጮ
- Family ጰ · ጰ ጱ ጲ ጳ ጴ ጵ ጶ
- Family ጸ · ጸ ጹ ጺ ጻ ጼ ጽ ጾ
- Family ፀ · ፀ ፁ ፂ ፃ ፄ ፅ ፆ
- Family ፈ · ፈ ፉ ፊ ፋ ፌ ፍ ፎ
- Family ፐ · ፐ ፑ ፒ ፓ ፔ ፕ ፖ
- Family ቨ · ቨ ቩ ቪ ቫ ቬ ቭ ቮ
- Labialized forms · ቊ ቋ ቌ ቍ
- Labialized forms · ኊ ኋ ኌ ኍ
- Labialized forms · ኲ ኳ ኴ ኵ
- Labialized forms · ጒ ጓ ጔ ጕ
- Additional labialized forms · 1
- Additional labialized forms · 2
- Additional labialized forms · 3
- Additional forms · ፘ ፙ ፚ ኧ
- Numerals · 1–9
- Numerals · 10–90
- Numerals · 100 and 10,000
- Punctuation · Six supplied marks