ግዕዝ Ethiopic (Ge'ez)
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Dictionaries
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- Notes: An Ethiopic-Latin dictionary. A very large download, but a good resource to have.
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Dictionary of the Amharic Language
- Format: PDF
- Notes: A single PDF.
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- Notes: Runs online; gives transliterations.
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- Notes: Online as well, with transliterations.
Grammars
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: Text-searchable; this download is a PDF of about 16 MB.
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- Notes: With paradigms, literature, and a chrestomathy.
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- Notes: Published around the same time.
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- Notes: Ethiopic grammar written in French.
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- Notes: A very useful website featuring explanations of many grammar principles. See the post list on the right of the site to navigate.
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- Notes: In a variety of formats, including audio.
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- Notes: From the Foreign Service Institute.
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- Format: Video
- Notes: An entire Youtube channel.
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- Format: Video
- Notes: Hosted on Youtube. Check out the other videos on this channel as well.
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- Notes: This site sells childrens’ DVDs for learning the Amharic alphabet and some other basics. If you’ve tried these, let us know!
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- Notes: It seems like you can’t have enough help trying to learn all the characters.
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- Notes: Another useful explanation with a small .gif file that you can easily download.
Charts & Aids
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: They’re real, and they’re spectacular!
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: Doesn’t have the real Ethiopic abugida.
Texts
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- Notes: All laid out and ready to go.
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- Notes: Lots of different texts, NT and others.
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: PDF is about 21.1 MB.
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- Notes: Appears to be the same texts as above, in various volumes. The link goes to volume one.
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- Notes: Bible texts online in many languages with parallel viewing.
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- Notes: Pretty easy to navigate around, and a useful resource overall.
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- Notes: Many different texts, organized by topic.
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: Old and New Testaments; pretty nice PDF files.
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- Notes: Interlinear translations, plus other books, and plenty of RasTafari stuff
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: A PDF of about 6 MB, contains many Ethiopic texts.
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- Notes: In Ethiopic with an English translation.
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- Format: PDF
- Notes: 14.7 MB PDF file.
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- Notes: Seems to be the same as above, only this one is edited by Dillmann, so how could you say no?
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- Notes: Not for the faint of heart, either.
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- Notes: With a translation in Portuguese.
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- Notes: With a translation in Portuguese as well.
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History of the Martyrs of Nagran
- Notes: Same as above, with Portuguese translation.
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- Notes: Includes Arabic and Italian text, plus some very nice hands in the first few scans.
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- Notes: Includes Arabic and Italian text, plus some very nice hands in the first few scans.
Other Resources
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Various Ethiopic Reference Books
- Notes: All very old, but some good materials here. Click the title and then the book’s image to access the texts.
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- Notes: Capitalized because it’s awesome! What isn’t awesome is that not very much of it is available online.
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