Ethiopic Alphabet (Fidel)
The Ethiopic script (Fidel) has 33 base characters, each with 7 orders representing vowel sounds. Click any cell to hear the pronunciation (if your browser supports speech synthesis).
| Base | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ሀ | ሀ ha | ሁ hu | ሂ hi | ሃ haa | ሄ he | ህ h | ሆ ho |
| ለ | ለ le | ሉ lu | ሊ li | ላ la | ሌ lee | ል l | ሎ lo |
| ሐ | ሐ Ha | ሑ Hu | ሒ Hi | ሓ Haa | ሔ He | ሕ H | ሖ Ho |
| መ | መ me | ሙ mu | ሚ mi | ማ ma | ሜ mee | ም m | ሞ mo |
| ሠ | ሠ se | ሡ su | ሢ si | ሣ sa | ሤ see | ሥ s | ሦ so |
| ረ | ረ re | ሩ ru | ሪ ri | ራ ra | ሬ ree | ር r | ሮ ro |
| ሰ | ሰ se | ሱ su | ሲ si | ሳ sa | ሴ see | ስ s | ሶ so |
| ሸ | ሸ she | ሹ shu | ሺ shi | ሻ sha | ሼ shee | ሽ sh | ሾ sho |
| ቀ | ቀ qe | ቁ qu | ቂ qi | ቃ qa | ቄ qee | ቅ q | ቆ qo |
| በ | በ be | ቡ bu | ቢ bi | ባ ba | ቤ bee | ብ b | ቦ bo |
| ቨ | ቨ ve | ቩ vu | ቪ vi | ቫ va | ቬ vee | ቭ v | ቮ vo |
| ተ | ተ te | ቱ tu | ቲ ti | ታ ta | ቴ tee | ት t | ቶ to |
| ቸ | ቸ che | ቹ chu | ቺ chi | ቻ cha | ቼ chee | ች ch | ቾ cho |
| ነ | ነ ne | ኑ nu | ኒ ni | ና na | ኔ nee | ን n | ኖ no |
| ኘ | ኘ gne | ኙ gnu | ኚ gni | ኛ gna | ኜ gnee | ኝ gn | ኞ gno |
| አ | አ a | ኡ u | ኢ i | ኣ aa | ኤ ee | እ e | ኦ o |
| ከ | ከ ke | ኩ ku | ኪ ki | ካ ka | ኬ kee | ክ k | ኮ ko |
| ወ | ወ we | ዉ wu | ዊ wi | ዋ wa | ዌ wee | ው w | ዎ wo |
| ዘ | ዘ ze | ዙ zu | ዚ zi | ዛ za | ዜ zee | ዝ z | ዞ zo |
| የ | የ ye | ዩ yu | ዪ yi | ያ ya | ዬ yee | ይ y | ዮ yo |
| ደ | ደ de | ዱ du | ዲ di | ዳ da | ዴ dee | ድ d | ዶ do |
| ጀ | ጀ je | ጁ ju | ጂ ji | ጃ ja | ጄ jee | ጅ j | ጆ jo |
| ገ | ገ ge | ጉ gu | ጊ gi | ጋ ga | ጌ gee | ግ g | ጎ go |
| ጠ | ጠ Te | ጡ Tu | ጢ Ti | ጣ Ta | ጤ Tee | ጥ T | ጦ To |
| ጨ | ጨ Che | ጩ Chu | ጪ Chi | ጫ Cha | ጬ Chee | ጭ Ch | ጮ Cho |
| ፀ | ፀ tse | ፁ tsu | ፂ tsi | ፃ tsa | ፄ tsee | ፅ ts | ፆ tso |
| ፈ | ፈ fe | ፉ fu | ፊ fi | ፋ fa | ፌ fee | ፍ f | ፎ fo |
| ፐ | ፐ pe | ፑ pu | ፒ pi | ፓ pa | ፔ pee | ፕ p | ፖ po |
Tip: Each character can be clicked to hear its pronunciation. The 7 orders represent: 1st (e), 2nd (u), 3rd (i), 4th (a), 5th (ee), 6th (schwa), 7th (o).