Alphabet & Numbers

The Fidel

The Ge'ez writing system is a syllabary — each character represents a consonant-vowel combination. There are 7 vowel orders for each base consonant.

ሥርው
ፊደል
ስድስቱ ሠራዊተ ፊደላት
ግዕዝ ካዕብ ሣልስ ራብዕ ሐምስ ሳድስ ሳብዕ
፩ አኡኢኣኤእኦ
፪ በቡቢባቤብቦ
፫ ገጉጊጋጌግጎ
፬ ደዱዲዳዴድዶ
፭ ሀሁሂሃሄህሆ
፮ ወዉዊዋዌውዎ
፯ ዘዙዚዛዜዝዞ
፰ ገጉጊጋጌግጎ
፱ ጠጡጢጣጤጥጦ
፲ ሐሑሒሓሔሕሖ
፲፩ የዩዪያዬይዮ
፲፪ ከኩኪካኬክኮ
፲፫ ለሉሊላሌልሎ
፲፬ መሙሚማሜምሞ
፲፭ ነኑኒናኔንኖ
፲፮ ሠሡሢሣሤሥሦ
፲፯ ዐዑዒዓዔዕዖ
፲፰ ተቱቲታቴትቶ
፲፱ ፈፉፊፋፌፍፎ
፳ ጸጹጺጻጼጽጾ
፳፩ ፀፁፂፃፄፅፆ
፳፪ ቀቁቂቃቄቅቆ
፳፫ ረሩሪራሬርሮ
፳፬ ሰሱሲሳሴስሶ
፳፭ ጰጱጲጳጴጵጶ
፳፮ ፐፑፒፓፔፕፖ

Hybrid letters in Ge'ez/Labiovelars
ዝርዋን /ዲቃሎች/ ፊደላት

They are called hybrid letters because they are not listed in the seven-letter list like the basic Ge'ez letters and are usually found only in texts written in the Ge'ez script. These letters are based on the basic Ge'ez letters with a certain suffix.

The basic Ge'ez letters are listed in the order of the alphabet, starting with Ge'ez and continuing with the alphabet.

መነሻ ፊደላት ግዕዝ ሳድስ ሣልስ ራብዕ ኀምስ
ከ ኰ ኲ ኵ ኳ ኴ
ቀ ቈ ቊ ቍ ቋ ቌ
ገ ጐ ጕ ጘ ጓ ጔ
ኀ ኈ ኍ ኊ ኋ ኌ

Numbers

Geez has its own numeral system, distinct from Arabic numerals. Numbers are formed by combining base symbols.

፩
1
፪
2
፫
3
፬
4
፭
5
፮
6
፯
7
፰
8
፱
9
፲
10
፳
20
፴
30
፵
40
፶
50
፷
60
፸
70
፹
80
፺
90
፻
100
፼
10000