This trilingual book has 8,000 word entries with transliteration.
The total population who speak the two languages in the two countries, including those who speak them as a second language, is estimated to be about 55 million people..
Once you have mastered the alphabet, it is rare to misspell words of Tigrinya or Amharic Tigrinya and Amharic are official languages in Eritrea and Ethiopia respectively
Tigrinya is spoken in both countries.
The quantity and uniqueness of the letters in the alphabet might be intimidating at the beginning, but there are some easy patterns that enable learning them faster.
Both languages are written from left to right.
Both Tigrinya and Amharic are Semitic (Afro-Asiatic) languages derived from an ancient Ethiopian language, Geez; moreover, both languages share the same unique Geez alphabet, albeit with some pronunciation differences.
It is equipped with a concise yet informative introduction of the Tigrinya and Amharic languages.
Thus, it is a great reference book for ESL/ELL students to use for standardized testing.
In order to help with phonetic pronunciation, English words are written in Geez scripts (), while Tigrinya and Amharic word meanings are Romanized.
It is a vocabulary powerhouse, with the 5,000 most commonly used English words (written and/or spoken), plus a combined total of 3,000 Tigrinya and Amharic word entries.
This trilingual book has 8,000 word entries with transliteration
