Amharic romanization table

by The Library of Congress

Amharic

Syllables

1st Order	2nd Order	3rd Order	4th Order	5th Order	6th Order	7th Order
ሀha	ሁhu	ሂhi	ሃhā	ሄhé	ህhe/h	ሆho
ለla	ሉlu	ሊli	ላlā	ሌlé	ልle/l	ሎlo
ሐḥa	ሑḥu	ሒḥi	ሓḥā	ሔḥé	ሕḥe/ḥ	ሖḥo
መma	ሙmu	ሚmi	ማmā	ሜmé	ምme/m	ሞmo
ሠśa	ሡśu	ሢśi	ሣśā	ሤśé	ሥśe/ś	ሦśo
ረra	ሩru	ሪri	ራrā	ሬré	ርre/r	ሮro
ሰsa	ሱsu	ሲsi	ሳsā	ሴsé	ስse/s	ሶso
ሸša	ሹšu	ሺši	ሻšā	ሼšé	ሽše/š	ሾšo
ቀqa	ቁqu	ቂqi	ቃqā	ቄqé	ቅqe/q	ቆqo
በba	ቡbu	ቢbi	ባbā	ቤbé	ብbe/b	ቦbo
ተta	ቱtu	ቲti	ታtā	ቴté	ትte/t	ቶto
ቸča	ቹču	ቺči	ቻčā	ቼčé	ችče/č	ቾčo
ኀẖa	ኁẖu	ኂẖi	ኃẖā	ኄẖé	ኅẖe/ẖ	ኆẖo
ነna	ኑnu	ኒni	ናnā	ኔné	ንne/n	ኖno
ኘña	ኙñu	ኚñi	ኛñā	ኜñé	ኝñe/ñ	ኞño
አʼa	ኡʼu	ኢʼi	ኣʼā	ኤʼé	እʼe	ኦʼo
ከka	ኩku	ኪki	ካkā	ኬké	ክke/k	ኮko
ኸxa	ኹxu	ኺxi	ኻxā	ኼxé	ኽxe/x	ኾxo
ወwa	ዉwu	ዊwi	ዋwā	ዌwé	ውwe/w	ዎwo
ዐʻa	ዑʻu	ዒʻi	ዓʻā	ዔʻé	ዕʻe	ዖʻo
ዘza	ዙzu	ዚzi	ዛzā	ዜzé	ዝze/z	ዞzo
ዠža	ዡžu	ዢži	ዣžā	ዤžé	ዥ,ዥže/ž	ዦžo
የya	ዩyu	ዪyi	ያyā	ዬyé	ይye/y	ዮyo
ደda	ዱdu	ዲdi	ዳdā	ዴdé	ድde/d	ዶdo
ጀǧa	ጁǧu	ጂǧi	ጃǧā	ጄǧé	ጅǧe/ǧ	ጆǧo
ገga	ጉgu	ጊgi	ጋgā	ጌgé	ግge/g	ጎgo
ጠṭa	ጡṭu	ጢṭi	ጣṭā	ጤṭé	ጥṭe/ṭ	ጦṭo
ጨċa	ጩċu	ጪċi	ጫċā	ጬċé	ጭċe/ċ	ጮċo
ጰp̣a	ጱp̣u	ጲp̣i	ጳp̣ā	ጴp̣é	ጵp̣e/p̣	ጶp̣o
ጸṣa	ጹṣu	ጺṣi	ጻṣā	ጼṣé	ጽṣe/ṣ	ጾṣo
ፀṡa	ፁṡu	ፂṡi	ፃṡā	ፄṡé	ፅṡe/ṡ	ፆṡo
ፈfa	ፉfu	ፊfi	ፋfā	ፌfé	ፍfe/f	ፎfo
ፐpa	ፑpu	ፒpi	ፓpā	ፔpé	ፕpe/p	ፖpo
ቨva	ቩvu	ቪvi	ቫvā	ቬvé	ቭve/v	ቮvo

Combinations with w

ቈqwa	--	ቊqwi	ቋqwā	ቌqwé	ቍqwe	--
ኈẖwa	--	ኊẖwi	ኋẖwā	ኌẖwé	ኍẖwe	--
ኰkwa	--	ኲkwi	ኳkwā	ኴkwé	ኵkwe	--
ጐgwa	--	ጒgwi	ጓgwā	ጔgwé	ጕgwe	--

Combinations with wa

ሏlwa	ቧbwa	ዟzwa	ጧṭwā
ሟ ፙ (Amharic characters)mwa	ቷtwa	ዧžwa	ጯċwā
(Amharic characters) ሯrwa	ቿčwa	ywa	ጿṣwā
ሷswa	ኗ, ኗnwa	ዷdwa	ፏ (Amharic characters)fwā
ሿšwa	ኟñwa	ጇǧwa

Combinations with ya

(Amharic characters)rya

ፙ (Amharic characters)mya

(Amharic characters)fya

Special initial

(Amharic characters)ă

Numerals

፩ 1	፪ 2	፫ 3	፬ 4	፭ 5	፮ 6	፯ 7	፰ 8	፱ 9
፲ 10	፳ 20	፴ 30	፵ 40	፶ 50	፷ 60	፸ 70	፹ 80	፺ 90
፻ 100

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