Colloquial Amharic is the essential guide to learning this beautiful language. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Amharic. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

This is the premier language course for learning Amharic. The underlying method of this text and audio course is guided imitation, and the aim is the ability to respond effectively in everyday scenarios. The ultimate goal of this Amharic course is to speak Amharic accurately and easily through vocabulary building, conversational dialogs, and grammar sections. The course provides for the assimilation of all basic forms and patterns of the Amharic language by the guided imitation, memorization, and manipulation of a large number of sentences and by practice of common everyday situations. The course includes a printed text book and audio CDs playable on any CD Player.