Engineer Ayana Biru of Horo Guduru, Wellega – the inventer of First Amharic Typewriter

Engineer Ayana Biru of Horo Guduru, Wellega – the inventer of First Amharic Typewriter

Who invented First Amharic Typewriter?

Engineer Ayana Biru of Horo Guduru, Wellega, develop​ed​ the first Amharic typewriter​ in the 1930s. He is named the father of modern typography for introducing the Ethiopian Amharic script to the modern age.

Sources:

1. http://waywiser.rc.fas.harvard.edu/objects/21799/olivetti-diaspron-82-amhariclanguage-manual-typewriter;jsessionid=110571BB1477ECF90E4C77A68D9A20DA#:~:text=The%20Amharic%20typewriter%20was%20invented,in%20Ethiopia%20and%20Alexandria%2C%20Egypt.