Speak Amharic? Read it. Write it. Keep the conversation going.
Example message shown. Paste your own to replace it. Texting style writes ሰላም as selam; Precise marks the vowels (sälam) and ejectives (ṭ, č̣, q).
Type Amharic the way it sounds, using English letters. Copy your message into any chat.
Try → ሰላም, እንዴት ነህ?
This spells Amharic sounds; it does not translate English. Check the result before sending. Changing the English letters regenerates the Amharic and replaces your edits.
Tap a letter below to insert it at the cursor in your Amharic message. Different Fidel letters can sound alike; choose the spelling you need.
Use e for ለ and E for ሌ: le / lu / li / la / lE / l / lo. Use capital T for ጥ, Ch for ጭ and P for ጵ. Capital letters matter. An apostrophe separates sounds: s'h → ስህ, while sh → ሽ.
Turn this off to follow only the letter keys. Use ee or E for the fifth vowel form, ie or I for the sixth. At the start of a syllable, e writes እ; a writes አ; aa writes ኣ.
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Every Fidel character is one consonant plus one vowel. The seven vowel forms of ለ, in both styles:
| Order | Fidel | Texting | Precise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ግዕዝ | ለ | le | lä |
| 2 ካዕብ | ሉ | lu | lu |
| 3 ሣልስ | ሊ | li | li |
| 4 ራብዕ | ላ | la | la |
| 5 ኃምስ | ሌ | le | le |
| 6 ሳድስ | ል | l | lə |
| 7 ሳብዕ | ሎ | lo | lo |