ge'ez in English

noun
1
an ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia, which survives as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It is the ancestor of the modern Ethiopian languages such as Amharic.
It has its own script of more than 200 characters, based on the ancient language Ge'ez , used now only in the Orthodox Church.

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1. Amharic is written using a version of the Ge'ez script

2. The Amharic language is transcribed using the Ethiopic or Ge'ez script (Fidäl), an abugida

3. Amharic (also known as Amarinya, Amarigna) is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. Amharic is rooted from the Ancient language Geez (Ge'ez)

4. Abun (in Europe erroneously known as Abuna, which is the status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez አቡነ ’Abuna/abune, 'our father'; Amh., Tgn.) is the title of the metropolitan bishop or head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.When referred to without a following name, it is Abun, and if a name follows, it becomes Abuna