Geez

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South Semitic language ancient language classical language liturgical language

Geez is an ancient South Semitic language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, best known today as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches.

Aliases (2)

Geʽez ×47
gez ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South Semitic language → ancient language → classical language → liturgical language →
countryOrRegion	Eritrea → Ethiopia →
directionOfWriting	left-to-right →
hasAlternativeName	Classical Ethiopic → Geez → Geʾez →
hasAncestor	Proto-Semitic language →
hasMorphologicalFeature	root-and-pattern morphology → triconsonantal roots →
hasPhonologicalFeature	emphatic consonants → guttural consonants →
historicalRegion	Aksumite Empire →
influenced	Amharic → Gurage languages → Harari language → Tigre → Tigrinya →
ISO639-2	gez →
ISO639-3	gez →
languageFamily	Semitic languages →
region	Horn of Africa →
religion	Christianity → Judaism →
religiousTextLanguageOf	Eritrean liturgical texts → Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon → Ethiopian liturgical texts →
scriptType	abugida →
status	classical → liturgical → no longer spoken as a native language →
subfamily	South Semitic languages →
subgroup	Ethiopian Semitic languages →
usedAsLiturgicalLanguageBy	Beta Israel → Eritrean Catholic Church → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Ethiopian Catholic Church → Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
usedInLiturgy	Divine Liturgy of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
writingSystem	Geʽez script →
writingSystemUsedFor	Amharic → Tigre → Tigrinya →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Geʽez →	hasAlternativeName
Semitic languages →	hasLanguage
Ge'ez ("gez") →	ISO639-2Code