% -*- coding: utf-8 -*- \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{german} \usepackage{ucs} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[LET,T1]{fontenc} \newcommand\geeztext[1]{\bgroup\fontencoding{LET}\fontfamily{c2000}\selectfont#1\egroup} \begin{document} German: Grüß Gott! \geeztext{አማርኛ ሠላም} \end{document}