Amharic

ISO 639-3: amhLiving4 writing systems

Amharic is a language catalogued in the ISO 639-3 standard (code: amh). GlotScript records multiple-source attestation for the Ethiopic (Geʻez) script (ISO 15924: Ethi). Braille notation is also recorded through multiple-source attestation. Single-source script relationships for Amharic include Arabic and Latin.

Writing Systems

Source agreement does not establish current usage, official status, dates or region. Evidence definitions and sources.

Ethiopic (Geʻez)
Abugida
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: EthiFamily: Ethiopic / South SemiticOrigin: East AfricaLiving
Amharic in Ethiopic (Geʻez)EthiopicEthiopic SupplementEthiopic Extended+1 more blocks →
Braille
Notation / Other
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: Brai
Amharic in Braille
Arabic
Abjad
Single-source attestation
ISO 15924: ArabFamily: Semitic / AramaicOrigin: Middle EastLiving
Amharic in ArabicArabicArabic SupplementArabic Extended-B+3 more blocks →
Latin
Alphabet
Single-source attestation
ISO 15924: LatnFamily: LatinOrigin: Mediterranean / EuropeLiving
Amharic in LatinBasic LatinLatin-1 SupplementLatin Extended-A+7 more blocks →

Cached CLDR Character Repertoires

Main charactersEthiopic (Geʻez)

ሀሁሂሃሄህሆለሉሊላሌልሎሏሐሑሒሓሔሕሖሗመሙሚማሜምሞሟሠሡሢሣሤሥሦሧረሩሪራሬርሮሯሰሱሲሳሴስሶሷሸሹሺሻሼሽሾሿቀቁቂቃቄቅቆቈቊቋቌቍበቡቢባቤብቦቧቨቩቪቫቬቭቮቯተቱቲታቴትቶቷቸቹቺቻቼችቾቿኀኁኂኃኄኅኆኈኊኋኌኍነኑኒናኔንኖኗኘኙኚኛኜኝኞኟአኡኢኣኤእኦኧከኩኪካኬክኮኰኲኳኴኵኸኹኺኻኼኽኾወዉዊዋዌውዎዐዑዒዓዔዕዖዘዙዚዛዜዝዞዟዠዡዢዣዤዥዦዧ

Character repertoire: CLDR 48.0.0, locale am, Unicode Licence v3. Preview capped at 192 entries, not a complete ordered alphabet. Explore Amharic in Ethiopic (Geʻez): full source, limitations, fonts and keyboards.

Other languages written in Ethiopic (Geʻez)

Amharic shares an attested relationship with the Ethiopic (Geʻez) script (ISO 15924: Ethi) — with these languages:

Afar
aar
Argobba
agj
Qimant
ahg
Aari
aiw
Alaba-K’abeena
alw
Anuak
anu
Awngi
awn
Bench
bcq
Burji
bji
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