As early as 2000 BC, other Semitic speakers were living in Ethiopia and Eritrea where Ge'ez developed. |
It is an abugida script that was originally developed to write the Ge'ez language. |
Ge'ez now serves as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. |
It has its own script of more than 200 characters, based on the ancient language Ge'ez, used now only in the Orthodox Church. |
She also developed a passion for old books, mainly religious texts, some illustrated and invariably written on parchment in Ge'ez. |
Ge'ez is easily adapted to melody because each sign represents a syllable. |