Geʽez is an abugida used to write several Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It originated as an abjad and was first used to write the Geʽez language, now the liturgical
A painting of St. Sisinnios on horseback spearing the demon Wǝrzalyā on a Geʻez prayer scroll meant to dispel evil spirits that were thought to cause various ailments, Wellcome Collection, London
Sign in Amharic using the Geʻez script at the Ethiopian millennium celebration
Genesis 29.11–16 in Geʽez
Coin of Emperor Menelik II. On the reverse is the date ፲፰፻፹፱ (1889). Punctuation marks in the text of the legend: ፡ and ።
The Ancient South Arabian script branched from the Proto-Sinaitic script in about the late 2nd millennium BCE, and remained in use through the late sixth century CE. It is an abjad, a writing system w
Geʽez script
…International Phonetic Alphabet. See the articles on the individual languages for information on the pronunciation. The Geʽez script was derived from the Ancient South Arabian script, and despite its name its origins are debated, and may have originated in what is now Eritrea, Ethiopia, or Yemen. The earliest inscriptions of Semitic…
South Arabian inscription addressed to the Sabaean national god Almaqah
Sabaean letter examples on page 274 of the book "Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift" by Carl Faulmann, 1880
Sabaean letter examples on page 275 of the book "Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift" by Carl Faulmann, 1880