Writing Systems

ZayinEthiopic (Geʻez)

zwa·EthiAbugidaMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3zwaStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used2
Also written in:
Latin (Latn)
Script
ISO 15924EthiFamilyEthiopic / South SemiticOriginEast AfricaDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagethi

Ge'ez script (Fidäl), used for Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, Ge'ez, Oromo, Somali, and many other Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. Descended from Old South Arabian.

Other languages using Ethiopic (Geʻez)

AfaraarArgobbaagjQimantahgAariaiwAlaba-K’abeenaalwHamer-BannaamfAmharicamhAnuakanuAwngiawnBenchbcqBurjibjiBasketobstBaisobswBoro (Ethiopia)bwoBilinbynBussadoxGedeodrsDawrodwrBorana-Arsi-Guji OromogaxDirashagdlGeezgezGamogmvGofagofKistanegru
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