Geez

GEZ

second language only

Alternate Names: Ancient Ethiopic, Ethiopic, Ge’ez, Giiz

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
South
Ethiopian
North

Demographics: No known L1 speakers in Ethiopia.

Language Use: Liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Ancient language of the Aksumites. Used as L2 by Qimant [ahg].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1918.

Typology: VSO.

Writing System: Ethiopic

Nation of Origin: Ethiopia

Other Comments: Christian.