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. |