Entries Tagged as 'Amharic'

Learning the Amharic Language

June 28th, 2009 · No Comments

This is an interesting article on learning Amharic in Ethiopia.

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Scotland Youngsters to Make a Trip to China

February 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Our Lady’s High School, Cumbernauld has arranged for a visit to China this summer, which is going to be of two and a half week study trip. It is predicted that more than fifty students from Scotland are expected to visit China for studying Chinese culture as well as language.

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Tags: African Languages · Amharic · Asian Languages · Chinese · French

Writing in Amharic

July 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is a useful post on a number of Amharic learning study aids, books, and resources.

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Learning Amharic: A Review of Talk Now Amharic

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

This video reviews Talk Now Amharic; a vocabulary based approach to learning Amharic.The course includes 9 categories with approximately 50 words per category. The course includes two games/quizzes per section and also provides printable dictionaries for the terms introduced.

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Amharic & Ge’ez Alphabet Resource Links

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The Amharic language has been a language of interest for me for a variety of reasons. I was first introduced to the existence of Ethiopian Jews known by others as Falashas. This led me to review the history of Ethiopia which in turn led to my discovery of the historic Ethiopian Church as well.

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Learning the Ge’ez Alphabet

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I came across the following 5 minute video introducing the Ge’ez alphabet for the Amharic language.

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Amharic Language Resources

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

For those interested in Ethiopia or in the Amharic language one Ethiopia’s major language, we’ve put together a brief list of Amharic language resources.

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Learning the Amharic Language can be Challenging

December 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The challenge increases in realizing that reaching proficiency requires the student to not only speak but read Amharic. With the Amharic language using a non Latin alphabet, this is an extra challenge.

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My First Experience with the Amharic Language

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments

My first exposure to the Amharic language and Ethiopian culture was at a local restaurant. The dimly lit room was decorated with Ethiopian art and posters of famous Ethiopian singers. This experience coupled with my existing love of foreign languages and culture led me to brush up on my knowledge of Ethiopia and of Amharic language.

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Tags: African Languages · Amharic