Geʽez script

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Brahmic-type script abugida writing system

The Geʽez script is an ancient abugida writing system originating in the Horn of Africa, primarily used for the Geʽez language and later adapted for several modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Ge'ez script 2
Classical Geʽez script 1
Ethiopic script 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic-type script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedReligion Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Jewish communities

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
derivedFrom South Arabian script ⓘ
surface form: South Arabian script (hypothesized)
developedIn Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
hasBaseConsonantCount 26 ⓘ
approximately 26 ⓘ
hasCharacterSetStructure consonant-vowel syllabic signs ⓘ
hasDistinctNumerals true ⓘ
hasHistoricalStage Geʽez script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Classical Geʽez script

Geʽez script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Geʽez script
hasPunctuationSystem true ⓘ
hasVowelOrdersPerConsonant 7 ⓘ
influenced modern Eritrean scripts ⓘ
modern Ethiopian scripts ⓘ
ISO15924Code Ethi ⓘ
originatesFrom Horn of Africa ⓘ
primaryHistoricalUse Christian liturgy ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
religious manuscripts ⓘ
scriptFamily Geʽez script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopic scripts
standardInCountry Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
timeOfOrigin at least 1st millennium BCE (approximate) ⓘ
unicodeBlock Ethiopic ⓘ
Ethiopic Extended ⓘ
Ethiopic Extended-A ⓘ
Ethiopic Extended-B ⓘ
Ethiopic Supplement ⓘ
usedForLanguage Amharic ⓘ
surface form: Amharic language

Anuak language ⓘ
Bench language ⓘ
Blin language ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
surface form: Geʽez language

Gurage languages ⓘ
Harari language ⓘ
Kafa language ⓘ
Meʼen language ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
Oromo language (historically) ⓘ
Sebat Bet Gurage ⓘ
Silt'e language ⓘ
surface form: Siltʼe language

Tigre language ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
surface form: Tigrinya language
usedForWriting Ethiopian royal chronicles ⓘ
Ge'ez Bible ⓘ
surface form: Geʽez Bible
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Geʽez script → hasHistoricalStage → Geʽez script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Geʽez script
Geʽez script → hasHistoricalStage → Geʽez script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Geʽez script
Gurage languages → hasWritingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Saho → hasWritingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Semitic languages → hasWritingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Omotic languages → haveWritingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʽez script (for some languages)
Bilen → script → Geʽez script ⓘ
Orit → script → Geʽez script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez script
Geʽez script → scriptFamily → Geʽez script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopic scripts
Emblem of Eritrea → scriptUsed → Geʽez script ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church → usesScript → Geʽez script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ge'ez script
Tigrinya Muslims → usesScript → Geʽez script ⓘ
Afar → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Aksumite Empire → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Amharic → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Ethiopian calendar → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Ge'ez → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ge'ez script
Geez → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Sidamo → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopic script
Tigre → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Tigre people → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Tigrinya → writingSystem → Geʽez script ⓘ
Saho people → writingSystemUsed → Geʽez script ⓘ
Saint Yared → writingSystemUsed → Geʽez script ⓘ