How we make Amharicly

A language course is only worth using if you can trust what it teaches. This page explains how Amharicly’s lessons, alphabet reference and audio are produced — and how to tell us when something is wrong.

A designed curriculum, not a pile of articles

Everything starts from a level-by-level curriculum plan, informed by the CEFR ladder (Foundation, then A1 up to C1). Each unit has a defined goal, each lesson a defined place in the sequence, and new vocabulary and grammar build only on what came before. The alphabet is taught the same way: character families are introduced in a deliberate teaching order, then practised and reviewed across later lessons.

Validation and review before publication

Lessons are drafted with modern language tooling and then have to earn publication: structural validation (every exercise checked for well-formed answers, options and references), Ethiopic-script checks so Amharic text is never silently mangled, and editorial review of the teaching content. Nothing goes live by default — publishing is a deliberate, versioned step, and published lessons are revised through new versions rather than silent edits.

The Fidel reference

Amharicly’s alphabet data covers 34 character families and their orders — 236 characters — curated against standard references, with a single consistent transliteration scheme used across the whole site, so the romanisation you learn in one lesson never contradicts another.

Audio

Amharic pronunciation matters too much to leave to transliteration, so the course ships audio with its lessons and vocabulary — produced with a professional Amharic voice engine and reviewed clip by clip before publication; anything that fails review is regenerated or cut rather than shipped. Audio coverage grows with the course.

Corrections

Found a mistake — a wrong form, a misleading transliteration, audio that does not match the text? Tell us: amharicly@gmail.com. Reports from native speakers get priority, fixes ship as revisions, and the about page explains who is behind the project.