Amharic Alphabet | The Amharic hybrid letters Guide Part 3
Welcome back to our comprehensive Amharic Alphabet Guide! In this Part 3 of our series, we’re diving into the Amharic language alphabet, part 3.
The Amharic hybrid letters are also known as ድቃላ ሆሄያት (Dqala Hohieyat). If you’re serious about mastering the Ethiopian alphabet and improving your Amharic typing skills, understanding these unique characters is key.
So, what are Amharic hybrid letters?
In our previous guides, we explored how the main Amharic consonants transform their shape, sound, and meaning up to six times when combined with different vowels like e, u, i, a, ie, and o. However, when two specific vowels, ‘ኡ‘ (u) and ‘ኣ‘ (a), are added consecutively, they form an entirely new, eighth letter. This is precisely what we refer to as a hybrid letter. Let’s see two example tables below to illustrate this thing:
But when these two vowels, namely “ኡኣ/ua,” are added in succession to the 20 Amharic consonant letters, they form another eighth letter. This eighth form is what’s called a hybrid letter or ድቃላ ሆሄ (Dqala Hohie).
