Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic as it is written and spoken today. This third edition offers new and updated vocabulary and key revisions to the text to reflect changes in language and culture.

David Appleyard is Professor Emeritus of the Languages of the Horn of Africa in the University of London, UK. He taught Amharic for just over thirty years there, and has published extensively on various Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, as well as on Amharic literature and traditional culture.