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1 Practice Amharic Study Fidel, listening, and handwriting at your own pace. 2 Join your teacher Create a student account first. After email verification, enter your teacher's code from Classes. 3 Set up a classroom Organize lessons, assignments, class updates, and student progress.

ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ

Listen
Hear each form spoken by a fluent Amharic speaker.
Recognize
Match the sound to the correct Fidel character.
Write
Practice forming the character by hand.

Begin with the ሀ family

How students learn

One character moves through four kinds of practice.

Students do more than memorize a chart. Each lesson connects the written character to its sound and use.

01
ሀ

Look
Study one Fidel character and compare it with the other forms in its family.
02
▶

Listen
Hear the pronunciation and connect the sound to the character on screen.
03
✎

Write
Trace and draw the character using a mouse, touchscreen, or tablet.
04
ሰላም

Use
Use the characters in short practice prompts connected to the lesson.

Complete Fidel curriculum

Practice more than one sample family.

The current Fidel practice covers the standard families and forms students need for early classroom practice. Teachers can assign focused sets instead of sending students through every character at once.

Begin learning Fidel →

ሀ ለ ሐ መ ሠ ረ ሰ ሸ ቀ በ ተ ቸ ኀ ነ ኘ አ ከ ኸ ወ ዐ ዘ ዠ የ ደ ጀ ገ ጠ ጨ ጰ ጸ ፀ ፈ ፐ ቨ

Why I built it MD

I moved from Ethiopia to the United States when I was ten. Later, while helping teach Amharic at St. Michael's Church, I saw that teachers did not have one Amharic-focused place for lessons, assignments, practice, and progress.

Amharic Classroom is my attempt to build the tool I wished those classes already had.

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For teachers

Organize Amharic learning in one classroom workspace.

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