Amharic Keyboard Online

How to use the Amharic keyboard

Click or tap any key to add that character to the text box.

On a computer you can also type on your physical keyboard. Type the consonant and then the vowel: s, e gives ሰ and l, a gives ላ, so s, e, l, a, m gives ሰላም. The keys are those of an ordinary US keyboard. Untick “Type Amharic with my physical keyboard” to go back to your keyboard's normal letters.

When you are done, press Copy and paste the text into an email, a document or a chat. The “Search with” buttons open Google, YouTube, Wikipedia or Google Translate with what you typed.

Amharic alphabet (fidel) chart

Each row is one consonant in its seven forms, then its w-form where it has one. Each box shows the letter and what to type for it.

How Amharic typing works

Each letter of the Ge'ez script (fidel) is a consonant with a vowel. Type the consonant, then the vowel, and the seven forms come out like this: le ለ, lu ሉ, li ሊ, la ላ, lie ሌ, l ል, lo ሎ. The consonant on its own gives the sixth form, ል.

Some sounds use capitals: t gives ተ but T gives ጠ, and c or ch gives ቸ but C gives ጨ. h gives ሀ, H gives ሐ and hh gives ኀ; s gives ሰ and S gives ጸ. x or sh gives ሸ, N or ny gives ኘ, and q gives ቀ.

A vowel on its own gives አ ኡ ኢ ኤ እ ኦ (a u i ie e o), and a doubled one the ዐ row: aamet gives ዓመት. : : gives the full stop ።, , gives ፣ and ; gives ፤.