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Unit 1 · script

The 33 Fidel Families & Audio Pronunciation

Listen to natural pronunciations of each letter across the 7 vowel orders.

Estimated Study Time 1–2 days · ~1 hr
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የፊደል ካርዶች (Amharic Fidel Character Families)

33ቱ የፊደል ቤተሰቦች ከድምፅ እና ምሳሌዎች ጋር። አዘጋጆች (Editors) ካርዶቹን በቀጥታ ማስተካከል ይችላሉ።

Fidel family

ሀ (Hä (ሀ))

Voiceless glottal fricative (H)
ሀገር = Country / Homeland
Fidel family

ለ (Lä (ለ))

Alveolar lateral approximant (L)
ልብ = Heart / Mind
Fidel family

ሐ (Hä (ሐ - ሐመር))

Pharyngeal / Glottal fricative (H)
ሕይወት = Life
Fidel family

መ (Mä (መ))

Bilabial nasal (M)
መጽሐፍ = Book
Fidel family

ሠ (Śä (ሠ - ንጉሥ))

Voiceless alveolar fricative (S)
ሥራ = Work / Job
Fidel family

ረ (Rä (ረ))

Alveolar trill / tap (R)
ብርሃን = Light
Fidel family

ሰ (Sä (ሰ - እሳት))

Voiceless alveolar sibilant (S)
ሰላም = Peace / Hello
Fidel family

ሸ (Šä (ሸ))

Voiceless postalveolar fricative (Sh)
ሻይ = Tea
Fidel family

ቀ (Qʼä (ቀ))

Voiceless velar ejective (Qʼ)
ቀን = Day / Sun
Fidel family

በ (Bä (በ))

Voiced bilabial plosive (B)
ቤት = House / Home
Fidel family

ተ (Tä (ተ))

Voiceless alveolar plosive (T)
ተማሪ = Student
Fidel family

ቸ (Čä (ቸ))

Voiceless postalveolar affricate (Ch)
ችግር = Problem / Difficulty
Fidel family

ኀ (Ḫä (ኀ - ብዙኃን))

Voiceless velar/glottal fricative (Kh/H)
ኃይል = Power / Energy
Fidel family

ነ (Nä (ነ))

Alveolar nasal (N)
ነገር = Thing / Matter
Fidel family

ኘ (Ñä (ኘ))

Palatal nasal (Ny)
እኛ = We / Us
Fidel family

አ (ʾÄ (አ - አልፍ))

Glottal stop / open vowel (A)
አበባ = Flower
Fidel family

ከ (Kä (ከ))

Voiceless velar plosive (K)
ከብት = Cattle / Livestock
Fidel family

ኸ (K͟hä (ኸ))

Voiceless velar fricative (Kh)
ኸረ = Really? / Oh my!
Fidel family

ወ (Wä (ወ))

Voiced labial-velar approximant (W)
ውሃ = Water
Fidel family

ዐ (ʿÄ (ዐ - ዐይን))

Pharyngeal / glottal vowel (A)
ዓለም = World
Fidel family

ዘ (Zä (ዘ))

Voiced alveolar fricative (Z)
ዘፈን = Song / Music
Fidel family

ዠ (Žä (ዠ))

Voiced postalveolar fricative (Zh)
ዠመረ = He began / started
Fidel family

የ (Yä (የ))

Palatal approximant (Y)
ጀምበር = Sun / Setting Sun
Fidel family

ደ (Dä (ደ))

Voiced alveolar plosive (D)
ደስታ = Happiness / Joy
Fidel family

ጀ (Jä (ጀ))

Voiced postalveolar affricate (J)
ጀግና = Hero / Brave
Fidel family

ገ (Gä (ገ))

Voiced velar plosive (G)
ገንዘብ = Money
Fidel family

ጠ (Ṭä (ጠ))

Alveolar ejective (Tʼ)
ጤና = Health
Fidel family

ጨ (Čʼä (ጨ))

Postalveolar ejective affricate (Chʼ)
ጨዋታ = Game / Play
Fidel family

ጰ (Pʼä (ጰ))

Bilabial ejective (Pʼ)
ጳጉሜ = Pagume (13th Month)
Fidel family

ጸ (Ṣä (ጸ - ፀሎት))

Alveolar ejective affricate (Tsʼ)
ጸሎት = Prayer
Fidel family

ፀ (Ṣ́ä (ፀ - ፀሐይ))

Alveolar ejective affricate (Tsʼ)
ፀሐይ = Sun
Fidel family

ፈ (Fä (ፈ))

Labiodental fricative (F)
ፈረስ = Horse
Fidel family

ፐ (Pä (ፐ))

Voiceless bilabial plosive (P)
ፖስታ = Post / Mail