Also, beware of low-quality scans. Many free PDFs online are photocopies of old 1980s textbooks. These are often illegible for learners because the ink bleeds, making ን (na) look identical to ረ (ra). Always look for digitally-rendered or vector PDFs.
The Geez script, often referred to in its syllabary form as (ፊደል), is one of the oldest alphabets still in active use today. Originating over 3,000 years ago, it is the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. While the Geez language itself is no longer spoken colloquially (much like Latin), its script has been adapted to write Amharic (the official language of Ethiopia) and Tigrinya (a major language of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia). geez fidel pdf