Geʽez
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Geʽez (/ˈɡiːɛz/;[5][6] ግዕዝ, Gəʿəz
| Geʽez | ||||
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| ግዕዝ Gəʿəz | ||||
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| Pronunciation | [ˈɡɨʕɨz] | |||
| Native to | Ethiopia, Eritrea | |||
| Extinct | before 10th century to 14th century[1][2] Remains in use as a liturgical language.[3] | |||
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Geʽez script | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in | Liturgical language of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Catholic Church,[3] Ethiopian Catholic Church and Beta Israel[4] | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-2 | gez | |||
| ISO 639-3 | gez | |||
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Geʽez Media
Hawulti Obelisk in Matera, southern Eritrea. The monument dates to the early Aksumite period and bears the oldest known example of the ancient Ge'ez script
a verse from the book of Psalms written in Geʽez
Genesis 29.11–16 in Geʽez
Example of Geʽez taken from a 15th-century Ethiopian Coptic prayer book
The Ezana Stone, engraved from AD 330 to 356, is written in ancient Ge'ez, Sabaean and Greek.
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IPA: [ˈɡɨʕɨz] (
listen)) is an ancient Ethiopian Semitic language. The language came from what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.
References
- ↑ Gene Gragg 1997. The Semitic Languages. Taylor & Francis. Robert Hetzron ed. ISBN 978-0-415-05767-7. p. 242.
- ↑ De Lacy O'Leary, 2000 Comparative grammar of the Semitic languages. Routledge. p. 23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "No longer in popular use, Geʽez has always remained the language of the Church", [CHA]
- ↑ "They read the Bible in Geez" (Leaders and Religion of the Beth Israel); "after each passage, recited in Geez, the translation is read in Kailina" (Festivals). [PER], publication date 1901–1906.
- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
- ↑ "Geez". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.