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Babel

The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX

Amharic

This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Amharic language using the Ethiopic script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with amharic as the main language, with luatex.

\documentclass[amharic]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}[Renderer=Harfbuzz]{FreeSerif}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ አማርኛ

Chapter $=$ \chaptername

Today $=$ \today

\end{document}