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Ge'ez

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Also known as Geez, Giʻiz, Ge'ez language, gez, Geʽez

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.

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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
Language.nation
Liturgical language of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Catholic Church, Ethiopian Catholic Church, and Beta Israel
Language.iso2
gez
Language.iso3
gez
Language.image
Ge'ez.svg
Language.image_class
skin-invert-image
Language.notice
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
extinct language
Subclass of
Ethiopian Semitic
Religion
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Country
Eritrea
Image
Ge'ez.svg
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writing system
Geʽez script
topic's main category
Category:Ge'ez language
different from
Geʽez script
Commons category
Ge'ez language
Commons gallery
Ge'ez
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1201-00-00
UNESCO language status
sacred language
linguistic typology
verb–subject–object
Wikimedia language code
gez
exact match
publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GEZ
native label
ግዕዝ
P10369
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indigenous to
Beta Israel
P8168
Mehrzad Marashi
P13311
Freguesia de Coja
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Encyclopedic overview

32 sections
Contents
  • 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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