Reddit mentions of The Essential Guide to Amharic: The National Language of Ethiopia

It’s related to Amharic and Hebrew, if you have any background in those it will most certainly help. I too learned Amharic and Tigrinyin in the Peace Corps. By learn... I guess... I could get by, by no means was I fluent. But that said, language was not, ever, my strong suit. If you can get ahold of a peace corps language book, do.






My friend Tedross however, was amazing. I served with him and he is now married to a wonderful Ethiopian women. He wrote a this book that has gotten some good reviews. Once you have learned the basics, you could try reaching out to Peace Corps Volunteers and they could help set you up with a community member who could mentor and teach you, and vise verses. Or heck, maybe some Amharic speakers on this sub could help you.






Either way, you should at least go to Ethiopia. It’s an amazing country. The Simian Mountains are are less known that Kilimanjaro but breath taking. Good luck on the language quest.

Hello, I am in Ethiopian born and raised in the US and I have very minimal understanding of Amharic. I bought This, i'm not sure where to start learning. I assume I should memorize the alphabet before anything? I will be supplementing my learning my asking my mom to only speak to me in Amharic and by keeping an Amharic journal. Right now the journal is very difficult to keep since I don't understand the alphabet thus I have to look up every single word before writing it. Please advise me on how to begin learning and thank you.