Ge'ez

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Semitic language classical language liturgical language

Ge'ez is an ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, best known today as the classical and liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Ge'ez canonical 18
Geʿez 5
Ge'ez language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language ⓘ
classical language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
ancestorOf Amharic ⓘ
Gafat language ⓘ
Gurage languages ⓘ
Harari language ⓘ
Silt'e language ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
approximateClassicalPeriod 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
historicalRegion Aksumite Empire ⓘ
historicalUse administration ⓘ
biblical translation ⓘ
chronicles ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
homiletics ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
ISO639-2Code Geez ⓘ
surface form: gez
ISO639-3Code gez ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
notableWork Fetha Nagast ⓘ
Ge'ez Bible ⓘ
Kebra Nagast ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing Aksumite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Aksumite period
religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholicism

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
religiousUse Beta Israel liturgy ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
status liturgical language ⓘ
no native speakers ⓘ
subfamily South Semitic languages ⓘ
subgroup Ethiopic languages ⓘ
usedFor liturgical chant ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ
surface form: Ge'ez script
writingSystemUsedBy Amharic ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Oriental Orthodoxy → liturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Ethiopian Rite → primaryLiturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Ethiopian Rite → liturgicalLanguages → Ge'ez ⓘ
Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez
Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez
Coptic Christmas → liturgicalLanguageUsed → Ge'ez ⓘ
Sigd → liturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Orit → language → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez
Eastern Christianity → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church → liturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Sabaic → relatedTo → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez
Geez → hasAlternativeName → Ge'ez ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
this entity surface form: Classical Ethiopic
1 Enoch → language → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez
Jubilees → hasLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez
Unicode 3.0 → addsBlocks → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopic
Holy Synod → languageOfProceedings → Ge'ez ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian literature → hasLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Beta Israel liturgy → primaryLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Beta Israel liturgy → liturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Fetha Nagast → originalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Fetha Nagast → titleLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Ge'ez Bible → language → Ge'ez ⓘ
Gafat language → derivedFrom → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ge'ez language
Gafat language → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ge'ez language
Emperor of Ethiopia → ceremonialLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Sigd festival → languageOfRitual → Ge'ez ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox liturgy → primaryLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox liturgy → liturgicalLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
Proto-Semitic language → hasDescendant → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopic (Geʽez) language
Ethiopic Extended-B → usedFor → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez language
Book of the Watchers → hasLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez
Book of Parables → language → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez (Ethiopic)
Astronomical Book → hasLanguage → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʻez
Lesser Genesis → language → Ge'ez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez (Ethiopic)