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.