Amharic

Syllables 1st Order 2nd Order 3rd Order 4th Order 5th Order 6th Order 7th Order ho lo o mo o ro so o qo bo to o ho no o o ko xo wo o zo o yo do go go o o po o o fo po vo

ha la a ma a ra sa a qa ba ta a ha na a a ka xa wa a za a ya da ga ga a a pa a a fa pa va

hu lu u mu u ru su u qu bu tu u hu nu u u ku xu wu u zu u yu du gu gu u u pu u u fu pu vu

hi li i mi i ri si i qi bi ti i hi ni i i ki xi wi i zi i yi di gi gi i i pi i i fi pi vi

h l m r s q b t h n k x w z y d g g p f p v

h l m r s q b t h n k x w z y d g g p f p v

le/l e/ me/m e/ re/r se/s e/ qe/q be/b te/t e/ he/h ne/n e/ e ke/k xe/x we/w e ze/z , e/ ye/y de/d ge/g ge/g e/ e/ pe/p e/ e/ fe/f pe/p ve/v
he/h

Combinations with w

qwa hwa kwa gwa

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qwi hwi kwi gwi

qw hw kw gw

qw hw kw gw

qwe hwe kwe gwe

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Combinations with wa

lwa
mwa rwa

bwa twa wa , nwa wa

swa wa
Combinations with ya rya Special initial

zwa wa ywa dwa gwa

w w w
fw

mya

fya

Numerals

Note

1 10 100

2 20

3 30

4 40

5 50

6 60

7 70

8 80

9 90

The Ethiopic script used for Amharic is also used for other languages, including Geez, Argobba, Gurage, and Tigre. Geez, which is chiefly a liturgical language, uses only 26 basic letter forms from this table.