Geʽez language

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:abugida
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Tigre_language
gptkb:Amharic_language
gptkb:Tigrinya_language
gptkbp:directionA left-to-right
gptkbp:extinctAsSpokenLanguage yes
gptkbp:firstAttested 5th century BCE
gptkbp:hasConsonants 26
gptkbp:hasDiacritics no
gptkbp:hasPhonology employs ejective consonants
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geʽez language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code none
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gez
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages
gptkbp:liturgicalUse gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Christian_liturgy
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:ግዕዝ
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Ethiopian_Bible
gptkb:Fetha_Nagast
gptkb:Kebra_Nagast
gptkbp:numberOfVowels 7
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eritrea
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:South_Arabian_languages
gptkbp:script gptkb:abugida
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:ancient_Kingdom_of_Aksum
gptkbp:status Divine Liturgy
extinct as spoken language
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Semitic_languages
gptkb:South_Semitic_languages
gptkbp:unicodeBlock U+1200–U+137F
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Beta_Israel
gptkb:Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church
gptkb:Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church
gptkb:Ethiopian_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:choral_music
gptkb:historical_documents
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:religion
legal codes
gptkbp:usedIn liturgical context
gptkbp:vocabularyInfluence gptkb:Tigre
gptkb:Amharic
Tigrinya
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:abugida
gptkb:Geʽez_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ethiopic_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6