Ge'ez
Sign in to savethumb|Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining his conquests and accomplishments Geez ( or ; , and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now known as Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Ge'ez is an ancient South Semitic language that originated in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, as evidenced by historical inscriptions like the Ezana stone documenting ancient conquests. Though no longer spoken as a everyday language, Ge'ez remains significant as a classical language preserved in scholarly study and historical records.
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Key facts
- Language.name
- Geez
- Language.nativename
- ''''
- Language.states
- Eritrea, Ethiopia
- Language.extinct
- Before 10th century to 14th century
- Language.speakers2
- Remains in use as a liturgical language.
- Language.familycolor
- Afro-Asiatic
- Language.fam2
- Semitic
- Language.fam3
- West Semitic
- Language.fam4
- South Semitic
- Language.fam5
- Ethiopic
- Language.fam6
- North
- Language.script
- Geʽez script, Ancient South Arabian script
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32 sectionsContents
- Phonology
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Transliteration
- Phonemes of Geʽez
- Ge{{ayin}}ez consonants in relation to Proto-Semitic
- Stress
- Morphology
- Nouns
- Internal plural
- Pronominal morphology
- Verb conjugation
- Syntax
- Noun phrases
- Prepositional phrases
- Sentences
- Negation
- History and literature
- Origins
- 5th to 7th centuries
- 13th to 14th centuries
- 15th to 16th centuries
- Current usage in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Israel
- Sample
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External history
- Phonology and grammar
- Literature
- Dictionaries
- External links
thumb|Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining his conquests and accomplishments Geez ( or ; , and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now known as Ethiopia and Eritrea.
As of today, Geez is used as the main liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, the Eritrean Catholic Church, and the Beta Israel Jewish community.
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