Ge'ez

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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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: IPA

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Commons category: Ge'ez language
Commons gallery: Ge'ez
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1201-00-00
Wikimedia language code: gez
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GEZ
native label: ግዕዝ
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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

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.