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Geʽez is written with Ethiopic or the Geʽez abugida, a script that was originally developed specifically for this language. In languages that use it, such as Amharic and Tigrinya, the script is called Fidäl , which means script or alphabet.
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Geʽez (Ge'ez: ግዕዝ, romanized: Gəʽəz, IPA: [ˈɡɨʕɨz] ⓘ) is a script used as an abugida (alphasyllabary) for several Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Extinct as a vernacular language, Geʿez is the ancestor of the modern Tigrinya and Tigré languages of Eritrea and Ethiopia. The oldest known inscription in the language dates from the 3rd or 4th century and is written in a script that does not indicate vowels.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ge'ez. Ge’ez is to Ethiopia as Latin is to the west. Ge’ez, like Latin, was not used as a spoken language for a very long time. But like Latin, Ge’ez is the precursor of Ethiopia’s three major Semitic languages:
Geʽez (/ ˈ ɡ iː ɛ z /; ግዕዝ, Gəʿəz IPA: [ˈɡɨʕɨz] ) is an ancient Ethiopian Semitic language. The language came from what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea. References. ↑
Ge'ez or Ethiopic script is a syllabic alphabet used to write Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia, and Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia. Learn about its history, features, punctuation, numerals, sample texts, transliteration, fonts and related languages and scripts.
