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About the Ethiopian Alphabet
The Ethiopian alphabet, also known as the Ge'ez script (or Fidel in Amharic), is an abugida used to write several languages in Ethiopia and Eritrea, most notably Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez (an ancient liturgical language).
🔤 What is an Abugida?
An abugida is a writing system where:
Each character stands for a consonant + vowel combination.
The consonant is the base form, and the vowel is shown by changing the shape or adding marks to the base.
🔡 Structure of the Ethiopian Alphabet
The basic Ge'ez script has 33 base characters.
Each character has 7 forms to represent 7 vowels:
ä (default), u, i, a, e, ə, o
So, in total:
33 consonants × 7 vowels = 231 characters in common use.
📝 Example: The Letter ሀ (h)
Form
Vowel
Symbol
Pronunciation
1st
ä
ሀ
ha
2nd
u
ሁ
hu
3rd
i
ሂ
hi
4th
a
ሃ
haa
5th
e
ሄ
he
6th
ə
ህ
hɨ
7th
o
ሆ
ho
This pattern is repeated for each consonant base.
💬 Languages That Use the Ge'ez Script
Amharic – National language of Ethiopia
Tigrinya – Spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia
Ge'ez – Ancient language used in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Gurage, Tigre, and others also use variations of the script.
📜 History
Originated from the Sabean script (South Arabia) over 2000 years ago.
Initially used for writing Ge'ez, which was later replaced by Amharic and Tigrinya in everyday use.
The script was originally written consonants only, but later developed into an abugida.
🧠 Key Points to Remember
It's not alphabetic like English (each letter ≠ 1 sound).
It's not syllabic like Japanese kana (each letter ≠ full syllable).
It's abugida: consonant + vowel represented by modifications of base consonants.