FEE-DUL Sounds

TEDYAPPS Pronunciation System
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No English equivalent — spelling is the closest approximation; trust the audio ★★ Both the consonant and vowel are approximations
Companion to the TEDYAPPS alphabet poster.
Growing word library. 104 words today, growing toward the 3,000 most common Amharic words. Tap a word to hear it.
Numbers. Amharic word, TEDYAPPS spelling, English, the numeral, and the traditional Ge'ez numeral in gold.
The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months — twelve of 30 days and a short 13th month, ጳጉሜ — and runs ~7–8 years behind the Gregorian calendar. Each month is shown with its English equivalent.
Days of the week
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TEDYAPPS™ Quick Reference

Pronunciation Key

TEDYAPPSIPAExample
UH/ə/about
OO/u/food
EE/i/see
AH/ɑ/hot (US)
AY/e/hay
IH/ɨ/★ no exact English sound
OH/o/holy

Sound Reference Guide

AmharicTEDYAPPSReference
SHship
CHchair
ZHmeasure
GNlasagna
Yyes
Jjump
Vvan
Wwater
ጸ ፀTScats

Same Pronunciation Letters

LettersTEDYAPPSNote
ሀ ሐ ኀHAHsame sound
ሠ ሰSUHsame sound
አ ዐAHsame sound
ጸ ፀTSUHsame sound · no exact English sound
HAH
/hɑ/