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Language code: gez

Technical information about ISO 639 language code gez

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The table below provides technical details for the Geez language, designated by the gez code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

gez

Name

Geez

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
TigrinyaTigreAmharic
Key facts
Geʽez is a South-Semitic language of the Ethiopic branchIt stopped being a spoken vernacular about the 10th century and is now used mainly for liturgy in Ethiopian and Eritrean churchesIts abugida writing system is the ancestor of the modern scripts used for Amharic, Tigrinya and several other Horn-of-Africa languagesSome of the oldest Semitic inscriptions in Africa are in Geʽez and date to the 5th century CEClassical Geʽez literature includes royal chronicles, biblical translations and apocryphal works such as the Book of Enoch.
Sample phrase

ሰላም፣ እንተ ደህና ኢኻ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Geez language, identified by the code gez, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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