The Ethiopian alphabet (Ge'ez) is one of the oldest used in the world. This alphabet is used by many of the 85 Ethiopian languages including Guragigna and Tigrigna.
Each letter/character is phonetic meaning it represents a sound. The Amharic letters are usually portrayed in a grid format with 7 vowels (e, u, ee, a, ae, i, o) going across horizontally and the consonants vertically.