Ethio-Semitic languages
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Ethio-Semitic is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic, part of the Afroasiatic langu
Genealogy of the Semitic languages
Geʽez
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Geʽez is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining King Ezana's conquests and accomplishments
Genesis 29.11–16 in Geʽez
Example of Geʽez taken from a 15th-century Ethiopian Coptic prayer book
The Ezana Stone, engraved between 330 and 356, is written in early Geʽez, Sabaean and Koine Greek.