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= ግዕዝ Ethiopic (Ge'ez) =

== Dictionaries ==
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| Resource
| Description
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924073510/http://archive.org/details/lexiconlinguaeae00dilluoft Lexicon Linguae Aethiopicae]
| An Ethiopic-Latin dictionary. A very large download, but a good resource to have.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924073510/http://books.google.com/books?id=ngdHAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:dictionary+intitle:amharic&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pZvHT95UkYnYBa21gYcL&ved=0CE8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=intitle%3Adictionary%20intitle%3Aamharic&f=false Dictionary of the Amharic Language]
| A single PDF.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924073510/http://www.amharicdictionary.com/ Amharic Dictionary]
| Runs online; gives transliterations.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924073510/http://www.ethiopiandictionary.com/ Another Amharic Dictionary]
| Online as well, with transliterations.
|}

== Grammars ==
{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://archive.org/details/EthiopicethiopianLanguageGrammarByAugustDillmann Dillmann's Ethiopic Grammar]
| Text-searchable; this download is a PDF of about 16 MB.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://books.google.com/books?id=UIoBAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:grammatica+intitle:aethiopica&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P5vHT-W-BIPC2wXHmejzCg&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=intitle%3Agrammatica%20intitle%3Aaethiopica&f=false Grammatica Aethiopica]
| With paradigms, literature, and a chrestomathy.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://archive.org/details/grammatikdert00dill Dillmann's Grammar in German]
| Published around the same time.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://archive.org/details/grammairethiop00chauoft Grammaire &amp;eacute;thiopienne]
| Ethiopic grammar written in French.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://classicalethiopic.blogspot.com/ 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.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://famdliflc.lingnet.org/products/amharic/ac_bc_LSK/default.html Amharic Survival Guide]
| In a variety of formats, including audio.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Amharic Amharic Basic Course]
| From the Foreign Service Institute.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/https://www.youtube.com/user/FHLProduction Video Songs and Basics]
| An entire Youtube channel.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDoKd4zECOI&noredirect=1 Video for Alphabet]
| Hosted on Youtube. Check out the other videos on this channel as well.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://fhlethiopia.com/ 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!
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ethiopic.htm Alphabet info and chart]
| It seems like you can't have enough help trying to learn all the characters.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401164710/http://ethiopia.limbo13.com/index.php/amharic_symbols/ Alphabet chart]
| Another useful explanation with a small .gif file that you can easily download.
|}

== Charts & Aids ==
{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401170607/http://goto.glocalnet.net/jfmaho/geeztables.pdf Analytic Grammar Tables]
| They're real, and they're spectacular!
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401170607/http://www.lexicity.com/downloads/ethiopic_wikipedia.pdf PDF of Wikipedia tables]
| Doesn't have the real Ethiopic abugida.
|}

== Texts ==
{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://www.wordproject.org/bibles/am/ Amharic Bible]
| All laid out and ready to go.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://www.good-amharic-books.com/library?category=Scripture Amharic Scriptures]
| Lots of different texts, NT and others.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://books.google.com/books?id=Ljg2AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Ethiopic New Testament]
| PDF is about 21.1 MB.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://books.google.com/books?id=v6fcT57q7qgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Ethiopic Old Testament PDF]
| Appears to be the same texts as above, in various volumes. The link goes to volume one.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://unbound.biola.edu/ The Unbound Bible]
| Bible texts online in many languages with parallel viewing.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://bible.org/foreign/amharic/ Amharic Bible]
| Pretty easy to navigate around, and a useful resource overall.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://www.good-amharic-books.com/library?category=Scripture Amharic Book Collection]
| Many different texts, organized by topic.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://www.biblica.com/bibles/amharic/ PDF Amharic Bible]
| Old and New Testaments; pretty nice PDF files.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://www.lojsociety.org/books Buy the Bible]
| Interlinear translations, plus other books, and plenty of RasTafari stuff
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/EthiopicethiopianLanguageGrammarByAugustDillmann Chrestomathia Aethiopica]
| A PDF of about 6 MB, contains many Ethiopic texts.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/contendingsofapo00budg Contendings of the Apostles]
| In Ethiopic with an English translation.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/ethiopicversiono00charuoft Ethiopic Book of Enoch]
| 14.7 MB PDF file.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://books.google.com/books?id=DigVAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Liber Henoch]
| Seems to be the same as above, only this one is edited by Dillmann, so how could you say no?
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/royalchronicleof00welduoft Royal Chronicle of Abbysinia]
| Not for the faint of heart, either.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/APoesiaEtiopica Ethiopic Poetry]
| With a translation in Portuguese.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/historiadosmarty00este History of Minas]
| With a translation in Portuguese as well.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://archive.org/details/historiadosmarty00este History of the Martyrs of Nagran]
| Same as above, with Portuguese translation.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://books.google.com/books?id=GbEPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false Dottrina Cristiana]
| Includes Arabic and Italian text, plus some very nice hands in the first few scans.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401173107/http://books.google.com/books?id=GbEPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false Dottrina Cristiana]
| Includes Arabic and Italian text, plus some very nice hands in the first few scans.
|}

== Other Resources ==
{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20221113182343/http://s2w.hbz-nrw.de/ulbbn/nav/classification/17268 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.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20221113182343/http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/EAE/ ENCYCLOPAEDIA AETHIOPICA]
| Capitalized because it's awesome! What isn't awesome is that not very much of it is available online.
|}


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