One of the world’s ancient alphabets could flash on the screen of cellphones in the third-most-populous nation in Africa, easing communications for millions who can only read and write the Ethiopic ...

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 - ...