Geʽez
| Geʽez | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| 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 |
| Glottolog | geez1241 |
Geʽez (/ˈɡiːɛz/;[5][6] ግዕዝ, Gəʿəz IPA: [ˈɡɨʕɨz] (
listen)) is an ancient Ethiopian Semitic language. The language came from what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
