Geʽez

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Geʽez is an ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia that served as the liturgical and classical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the ancestor of several modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Geʽez canonical 54
Geʽez language 3
Geʻez 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
classical language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
ancestorOf Amharic ⓘ
Argobba language ⓘ
Gafat language ⓘ
Harari language ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
countryOrRegion Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
glottologCode geez1241 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
triconsonantal roots ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
guttural consonants ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse Aksumite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
ISO639-2Code gez ⓘ
ISO639-3Code gez ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageOf Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Beta Israel

Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
regionOfCulturalInfluence Horn of Africa ⓘ
religiousText Fetha Nagast ⓘ
Ge'ez Bible ⓘ
surface form: Geʽez Bible

Kebra Nagast ⓘ
Miracles of Mary ⓘ
Synaxarium (Senkessar) ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholicism

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
status no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ
subfamily South Semitic languages ⓘ
subgroup Ethiopian Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Semitic languages
use biblical translation ⓘ
classical Ethiopian literature ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
liturgical chant ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ
writingSystemUsedBy Amharic ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
several other Ethiopian languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amharic → closelyRelatedTo → Geʽez ⓘ
Amharic → historicalAncestor → Geʽez ⓘ
Amharic → hasLoanwordsFrom → Geʽez ⓘ
Tigrinya → sharesScriptWith → Geʽez ⓘ
Aksumite Empire → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Falasha → etymologyLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
kes → languageOfTerm → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Kes
Geez → hasAlternativeName → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
this entity surface form: Geʾez
Geʽez script → usedForLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez language
Tigre → closelyRelatedTo → Geʽez ⓘ
Amhara (commonly reported) → liturgicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
Yonas → hasLanguageUsage → Geʽez ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people → heritage → Geʽez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez literary tradition
Solomonic dynasty → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Pagumen → languageOfName → Geʽez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʻez
ትግርኛ → ancestor → Geʽez ⓘ
Meskel (Finding of the True Cross) → languageOfName → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskel
Kebra Nagast → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Qwara language → relatedTo → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Missal → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Yared → languageOfWorkOrName → Geʽez ⓘ
dabtara → languageOfLearning → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopic Supplement → script → Geʽez ⓘ