Information about the Ge'ez or Ethiopic syllabary and the Amharic language, which is spoken in Ethiopia by about 27 million people.

The name Amharic (ኣማርኛ - amarəñña) comes from the district of Amhara (አማራ) in nortern Ethiopia, which is thought to be the historic centre of the language. Writing system Amharic is written with a …

Between 1974 and 1991 under the Mengistu regime the writing of Oromo in any script was forbidden, though limited usage of the Ge'ez script was allowed. In areas with Oromo-speaking Muslim …

Tigrinya is written with a version of the Ge'ez script and first appeared in writing during the 13th century in a text on the local laws for the district of Logosarda in southern Eritrea.

May 20, 2024 · The script is also known as the Saphalo script or Qubee Sheek Bakrii Saphaloo. It was designed specifically for Oromo phonology, and is an abugida, like the Ge'ez script which is used to …

The Betä Ǝsəraelə community of Ethiopia had much of its culture destroyed during the period of the Gondar Empire, and all of the community’s Hebrew texts were destroyed, forcing them to use the …

It is written with a version of the Ge'ez script developed by missionaries in the late 19th century. The first text in Blin was published in 1882. In 1985 the Eritrean People's Liberation Front decided to use the …

Dizin is written with a version of the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) script and has no official status in Ethiopia. Ethiopic script for Dizin Dizin is a tonal language with three tones (low, mid and high). These tones are not …

Jierimse was invented by Kobey Hill as an alternative way to write Austalian English, and was inspired by the Glagolitic and Ge'ez scripts. It could also be used to write other varieties of English.

How to count in Ge'ez (ግዕዝ), the classical language of Ethiopia which is still used as a liturgical language by Ethiopian christians and the Beta Israel Jewish community of Ethiopia.