Geʽez

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Semitic language ancient language classical language liturgical language

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Geʽez canonical 54
Geʽez language 3
Geʻez 1

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → primaryLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → liturgicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Aksumite Empire → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Falasha → etymologyLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
kes → languageOfTerm → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Kes
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → liturgicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire → historicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Alexandrian Rite → hasPrimaryLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Zema chant tradition → hasLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Geez → hasAlternativeName → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
this entity surface form: Geʾez
Geʽez script → usedForLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez language
South Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Tigre → closelyRelatedTo → Geʽez ⓘ
Tigre → hasLinguisticAncestor → Geʽez ⓘ
Amhara (commonly reported) → liturgicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
Yonas → hasLanguageUsage → Geʽez ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people → liturgicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people → heritage → Geʽez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez literary tradition
Ninth Hour → languageTraditions → Geʽez ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Holy Trinity Cathedral → languageOfLiturgy → Geʽez ⓘ
Negus of Abyssinia → usedInLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Bete Maryam → languageOfLiturgy → Geʽez ⓘ
Bete Gabriel-Rufael → liturgicalLanguageUsed → Geʽez ⓘ
Ura Kidane Mehret → languageOfLiturgicalUse → Geʽez ⓘ
Pagumen → languageOfName → Geʽez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʻez
ትግርኛ → ancestor → Geʽez ⓘ
Tana Qirqos Monastery → languageOfManuscripts → Geʽez ⓘ
Tana Qirqos Monastery → languageOfLiturgy → Geʽez ⓘ
Bete Giyorgis → namedInLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Archbishop of Axum → languageOfLiturgy → Geʽez ⓘ
St. Tekle Haymanot → languageOfHagiography → Geʽez ⓘ
Meskel (Finding of the True Cross) → languageOfName → Geʽez ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskel
Kebra Nagast → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Ezana of Aksum → nativeLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Semitic → majorLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Semitic → liturgicalLanguage → Geʽez ⓘ
Tana Qirqos → hasLanguageOfLiturgicalUse → Geʽez ⓘ
Qwara language → relatedTo → Geʽez ⓘ
Eritrean–Ethiopian Christian art → usesLanguageInInscriptions → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Missal → language → Geʽez ⓘ
Yared → languageOfWorkOrName → Geʽez ⓘ
dabtara → languageOfLearning → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox church schools → primaryLanguageOfInstruction → Geʽez ⓘ
Ethiopic Supplement → script → Geʽez ⓘ