Amharic Keyboard · online

Amharic Keyboard: key facts

• Script: Ge'ez, used across Ethiopia.
• Writing direction: left to right.
• Layout: 34 keys, 34 base characters, 33 on Shift.
• Transliteration: 208 conversion rules built in.
• Variants: 2 (Phonétique, Geez).
• Native name: የአማርኛ ቁልፍ ሰሌዳ; speech synthesis locale: am.

Amharic Keyboard in detail

Clavier amharique (Ge'ez) en ligne : écrivez አማርኛ avec le fidèle éthiopien et translittération phonétique. The Amharic Keyboard (የአማርኛ ቁልፍ ሰሌዳ) covers the Ge'ez script as used across Ethiopia. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Ge'ez repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.

The smart transliteration engine converts Latin keystrokes into Ge'ez in real time using 208 hand-tuned rules: type the phonetic transcription and watch each syllable transform as you type.

The page ships 2 built-in variants — Phonétique (Type 'salam' in English letters to produce 'ሳላም'.); Geez (Standard Ethiopian fidel layout.) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the am speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.

Every key on the Amharic Keyboard

The layout holds 34 character keys: 34 distinct base characters, 33 Shift variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.

Complete transliteration table

The quick table higher up this page shows an excerpt. Below is the complete engine: all 208 mappings, longest match wins, applied left to right. Try « salam » → ሰላም, « selam » → ሰላም, « amesege » → አመሰግናለሁ to feel how whole words collapse into script in a single gesture. Multi-character sequences always win over single letters, so digraphs and common words convert before their parts do.

Getting the most out of this keyboard

Start with the Phonétique variant if you are unsure: Type 'salam' in English letters to produce 'ሳላም'. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.

Ge'ez runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.

For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the am voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.

Preferred typefaces here are Noto Sans Ethiopic, Abyssinica SIL, Nyala (fallback Noto Sans Ethiopic). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.

Common words to try first

New to Ge'ez? These 16 conversions are the fastest way to trust the engine: type the left column exactly and confirm the right column appears. They cover greetings, frequent words and the trickiest letter combinations of the language.

Dictionaries and resources for Amharic Keyboard

Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 8 hand-picked links for Amharic Keyboard: 2 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, Wiktionary (am)), 2 bilingual translators, 0 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.

Keep exploring

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