They say that Amharic is a difficult language to learn. So I'm off to a Language School to have my first Amharic lesson. As a linguist I feel as if I should be able to understand why learning Amharic ...

In a bamboo and matting shelter on the edge of the town of Awassa, rows of tiny children are struggling with Ethiopia's fiendishly complicated Amharic alphabet. "Huh - HUH! Hoo - HOO! Hee - HEE! Ha - ...

The world giant Software Company, Microsoft, will incorporate the Amharic alphabet into its operating system expected to come out within the next two to three years, said Engineer Fikre Y. Wondimu, ...

ADDIS ABABA In the shadow of Addis Ababa's biggest Orthodox church, more than 100 street children cluster around gazing as Amharic script flashes on computer screens before them. Ethiopia, one of ...