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Amharic (Ethiopic) vs Armenian
Amharic (Ethiopic) and Armenian sit in the same corner of the writing-system map — Grafle's Independent Scripts group — and players mix them up constantly. Here's the fastest way to tell them apart.
The tell
Amharic glyphs are leggy syllable-symbols; Armenian is an alphabet of rounded u/n shapes with tails.
Side by side
Amharic (Ethiopic)
የሰው ልጅ ሁሉ ነጻና በክብር እኩል ሆኖ ይወለዳል።
ሰላም፣ እንደምን አለህ?
አማርኛ ውብ ቋንቋ ነው።
Amharic (Ethiopic)'s own tells
- Symbols look like little chairs and people with legs — each one is a consonant+vowel syllable.
On signs in:
- Ethiopia
Armenian
Բոլոր մարդիկ ծնվում են ազատ և հավասար իրենց արժանապատվությամբ։
Բարև, ինչպե՞ս ես այսօր։
Հայերենը գեղեցիկ լեզու է։
Armenian's own tells
- Rounded u- and n-shapes with long tails (ա, մ, ն, ո) — like Latin letters melted into new forms.
On signs in:
- Armenia