Image of Ge’ez writing…photo credit: Endangered Language Alliance Toronto
Ge’ez
Formulated in Eritrea and Ethiopia during the 8th and 9th centuries, Ge’ez is a Semitic language also known as Ethiopic. It is now used only as the main language used in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, the Eritrean Catholic Church, and the Beta Israel Jewish community.
