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