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What does Ge'ez mean?

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  1. An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.
  2. The writing system originally used for the Ge’ez language.
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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.

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