Extinct Semitic language attested from the fourth to the ninth centuries AD, precursor of Tigrinya, closely related to Amharic. Still used today as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian church. Independent writing system developed from early South...

Ge'ez (ግዕዝ, Gəʿəz, IPA: [ɡɨʕɨz]; also transliterated Gi'iz, and referred to as Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language that had developed in the current region of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa, as the language...