Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Largest Semitic language of Ethiopia with approx. 16 million speakers, official language of Ethiopia.
Characteristics: Amharic is syntactically interesting because of the historically attested structure change from VSO to SOV word order. Unique syllabary (thirty-three consonant signs, each with seven diacritic vowel signs) developed from Ge’ez.
References
Hartmann, J. 1980. Amharische Grammatik. Wiesbaden.
Leslau, W. 1967. Amharic textbook. Wiesbaden.
Richter, R. 1987. Lehrbuch der amharischen Sprache. Leipzig.
Schramm, G.M.
1954. A practical course in the Amharic language. Washington, DC.
Dictionaries
Kane, T.L. 1990. An Amharic-English dictionary, 2 vols. Wiesbaden.
Leslau, W. 1976. Concise Amharic dictionary, 2 vols. Wiesbaden.
Bibliography
Leslau, W. 1965. An annotated bibliography of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia. The Hague.
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