Geʽez script

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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.

All labels observed (11)

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

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
derivedFrom South Arabian script (hypothesized)
developedIn Eritrea
Ethiopia
hasBaseConsonantCount 26
approximately 26
hasCharacterSetStructure consonant-vowel syllabic signs
hasDistinctNumerals true
hasHistoricalStage Classical Geʽez script
linked to: Geʽez script

Old Geʽez script
linked to: 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 Ethiopic scripts
linked to: Geʽez script
standardInCountry Eritrea
Ethiopia
timeOfOrigin at least 1st millennium BCE (approximate)
unicodeBlock Ethiopic
Ethiopic Extended
Ethiopic Extended-A
Ethiopic Extended-B
Ethiopic Supplement
usedForLanguage Amharic language
linked to: Amharic

Anuak language
Bench language
Blin language
Geʽez language
linked to: Geʽez

Gurage languages
Harari language
Kafa language
Meʼen language
Nuer language
Oromo language (historically)
Sebat Bet Gurage
Siltʼe language
linked to: Silt'e language

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

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

Semitic languages hasWritingSystem Geʽez script
Amharic writingSystem Geʽez script
Ethiopian calendar writingSystem Geʽez script
Tigrinya writingSystem Geʽez script
Ge'ez writingSystem Ge'ez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Aksumite Empire writingSystem Geʽez script
Afar writingSystem Geʽez script
Orit script Geʿez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Saint Yared writingSystemUsed Geʽez script
Tigrinya Muslims usesScript Geʽez script
Ethiopian Catholic Church usesScript Ge'ez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Geʽez writingSystem Geʽez script
subject linked to: Geez
Geʽez script scriptFamily Ethiopic scripts
linked to: Geʽez script
Geʽez script hasHistoricalStage Old Geʽez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Geʽez script hasHistoricalStage Classical Geʽez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Omotic languages haveWritingSystem Geʽez script (for some languages)
linked to: Geʽez script
Sidamo writingSystem Ethiopic script
linked to: Geʽez script
Emblem of Eritrea scriptUsed Geʽez script
Bilen script Geʽez script
Gurage languages hasWritingSystem Geʽez script
Tigre writingSystem Geʽez script
Saho hasWritingSystem Geʽez script
Tigre people writingSystem Geʽez script
Saho people writingSystemUsed Geʽez script
Amhara usesScript Geʽez script
subject linked to: Amhara (commonly reported)
Eritrean nakfa writingSystem Geʽez script
Yonas hasScript Geʽez script
Tigray-Tigrinya people scriptUsed Geʽez script
Negusa Nagast script Ge'ez script
linked to: Geʽez script
South Arabian script influenced Geʽez script
Nara writingSystem Geʽez script
Harari writingSystem Geʽez script
Täkkäze hasScript Geʽez script
Qubee orthography replacedWritingSystem Ethiopic script
linked to: Geʽez script
Afar language writingSystem Geʽez script
Osmanya script influencedBy Ethiopic script
linked to: Geʽez script
Yekatit hasWritingSystem Geʽez script
Ginbot writingSystemOfName Geʽez script
Oromo people usesScript Geʽez script
ትግርኛ writingSystem Geʽez script
Hidar writingSystem Geʽez script
Ethiopian literature writingSystem Ge'ez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Fetha Nagast languageScript Ge'ez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Ge'ez Bible script Ge'ez script
linked to: Geʽez script
Ge'ez Bible writingSystemFamily Ethiopic scripts
linked to: Geʽez script
Harari language writingSystem Geʽez script