Amharic + IPT 

አ (A) = a in “father”

ዐ (Ä) = a in “cat”

በ (Be) = b in “bed”

ጨ (Che) = ch in “check”

ች (Chä) = ch in “chat”

ጽ (Tcha) = ch (a softer “ch” sound)

ደ (De) = d in “deck”

ፈ (Fe) = f in “fed”

ዠ (Ge) = g in “get”

ገ (Gä) = g in “garden”

ሀ (Ha) = h in “hot”

ሐ (He) = h in “help”

ኀ (Haa) = h (a strong “h” sound)

ጀ (Je) = j in “jet”

ከ (Ke) = k in “kept”

ኸ (Khe) = khh (a harsh “khh” sound)

ቿ (Ko) = k in “cobra”

ለ (Le) = l in “let”

መ (Me) = m in “met”

ጰ (Pe) = p in “pen”

ፐ (Pe) = p in “pet”

ቀ (Qe) = q in “queen”

ረ (Re) = r in “red” 

ሠ (Se) = s in “set”

ሰ (Se) = s in “send”

ሸ (She) = sh in “shoe”

ሻ (Sha) = sh in “shock”

ተ (Te) = t in “ten”

ጠ (Te) = t in “term”

ጸ (Tse) = ts in “tsunami”

ፀ (Tse) = ts in “tsunami”

ወ (We) = w in “wet”

የ (Ye) = y in “yes”

ዘ (Ze) = z in “zero”