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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the 'feedel' of the sound 'yu' in the Ethiopian Amharic language. The feedel is from a marble slab with the words "Haile Selassie University'. When Haile Selassie was overthrown in 1975 the ...

Known as Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year is celebrated in September yearly. Use our calculator to work out your Ethiopian age and feel younger. On 11 September, the Ethiopian community joyfully ...