Young children in the Ethiopian town of Awassa are taught the complicated Amharic alphabet. BBC News Updated every minute of every day One-Minute World News ...

The Ethiopic script is used for Amharic — the national language of Ethiopia’s 70-million people. Ethiopia is the only African nation with its own alphabet that is still widely used.

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 Ethiopian alphabet is a scary looking thing, full of squiggles, curls and lines. The letters look like dancing, running people with very little relationship to the familiar sounds of the ...

FOR VEGGIE EATS. Ethiopic restaurant in the Atlas District of D.C. features an all-veggie platter, the Vegetarian Sampler II, which includes gomen, miser wot, fosolia, tikile gomen, kik aletcha ...

Credit: SBS Amharic On 12 September, the Ethiopian community celebrates Enkutatash which is the new year for this community, with family, food and fresh coffee.

Bermuda’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church started their Christmas celebrations last night [Jan 6], with members heading to the east end to take part in the service at their intricately decorated Church.

Meles Zenawi compares VOA Amharic to hate media that incited Rwanda genocide. Accessibility links. ... Ethiopian PM Says He Will Authorize Jamming VOA March 17, 2010 8:00 PM Share ...

Ethiopian gospel music is often sung in Amharic. But because the Amharic alphabet is so different from the ones the Western world is used to, the language became a copypasta.

Holmstedt urged his students to carry a ringlet of flashcards so they can learn the alphabet on the go. “Walk around campus memorizing words instead of looking at your phone,” Holmstedt said. Gervers ...