Ge'ez: Life of a Dead Language

Fisseha Tadesse, a speaker of Ge'ez, discusses how this extinct Semitic language continues to live as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. This short documentary was produced by Endangered Language Alliance Toronto and Siobhan Productions Inc. For more on Ge'ez, visit www.elalliance.com/geez.

[@lemlemtadele8465]

Geez language must be included in our education system!!! የቆጡን አወርድ ብላ የብብቷን ጣለች አሉ ። we are obligated to learn English, but we are forgetting our own language and identity.

[@4amhussle492]

Wish I can learn it in America we don't know history before being enslaved...if any of you can point me in the direction to learning this language?

[@user-eb9yh5fg2e]

@@4amhussle492 university of torento

[@messianic_scam]

@@4amhussle492 those fakers being enslaved too

[@MrAbuskeleke]

I agree completely. In the West, the foundation of a classical education was learning Ancient Greek and Latin. An Ethiopian equivalent would certainly entail learning Gi'iz in addition to Greek and/or Hebrew, so that students may engage fully with the sacred and secular texts of Ethiopian antiquity.

[@stephanieadams9702]

Geez is not language - no was it spoken by locals.

[@waffiki]

what a great talented and respectful man is Fesha Taddese Feleke, he kept the great language of Geez alive and healthy.

[@jaymitch123]

I most definitely love that someone takes interest in keeping up with something that's "dead"... we can and have learned entirely TOOOO much... I want to know what other readings we have missed out on

[@christineelizabethmistrett7388]

Maybe we need to update our vocabulary to move from calling these very vibrant languages "dead" to a designation of "no longer spoken natively" while no longer spoken natively, Ge'ez is clearly very alive and beautiful.

[@katamattyon]

That would be a good idea. In cases like Hebrew, the language was not spoken natively for a long time, but now it is by millions of people - it seems overly dramatic to say a dead language was resurrected.

[@Stevie-J]

It's "dead" because it no longer grows or changes. Like a cut flower in a vase. In this sense I feel it's appropriate to say that Hebrew was revived. Latin and Ge'ez could be resuscitated also, if people choose 🙂

[@bpjones2390]

Thank you for airing this important informative video re: the Ge'ez language.

[@superduperstapler]

I really love this video. It's insightful and interesting to hear the different perspectives of whether this ancient language is really dead. Beautiful ♥

[@homi1130]

Thank you Fasha brother keep it up we need more geniuses like you I wish i could learn Ge'ez am so grateful 🙏to come from my ancestors who made Ge'ez alive until now.

[@mahderemesfun5039]

በጣም ጎበዝ ወንደማችን። ለኣቦታችን እድመና ጤና ይስጠልን። እግዚኣብሔር ይኣምር ፍናቶሙ ለጻድቃን ወፍናቶምሰ ልሓጥኣን ትጠእ። ስብሓት ለኣብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ ለዓለም ዓለም ኣሜን።

[@ASMARINO98]

great Job!! Love Geez

[@endamariam]

i love it ... God bless you.

[@j.a.2770]

Very interesting treatment. I had only known of Amharic previously. Thanks for sharing

[@haileyesusshiferaw7119]

I Am very happy with your Geez programs & please keep up what you doing!!!!!!!!!!!! If possible can I get "Fisseha Tadesse" contact

[@rhayat10]

Thanks for the explanation.

[@wedgdmhra6279]

I think the title is misleading. I agree with your explanation that the language is alive around the religioius environments but you labelled it as dead language. I am like you, fond of this language. Your effort to have a conversation is also a good gestre. I am in the process of writing a brief Geez grammar which is in draft format. It will be presented in Tigrinya. You may check the draft format on the internet by using keyword "Learn basic Geez grammar".

[@anukaxts8363]

this is so amazing!! the alphabet kind of looks like Nusxuri script which is one of the 3 of Georgian writing systems. it's weird but some letters / characters also remind me of the ones of Asomtavruli. those two, like Ge'ez are also only used in liturgy in the orthodox church wow

[@stephanieadams9702]

My friend , they don’t use it in church.

[@sahirsanam1551]

Letmhrth ennameseggnallen negergin kehaymanot balleffe giaz zer yeethiopan beteseb kuankua new gurage silte wello muslim tigre muslim ertra muslim yemesaselut beteseb semetik new ennam.engam memmar ennfellgallen kalleh timhrthn ennssatefallen

[@momomomohf]

Much Love from Somalia. I wish one day we can adopt geez

[@amanoneloves2506]

waww somali guy respeact am from eritrea geez is one of our rich languge

[@Runcandle-principality-prince]

How absurd? Hoyada usheeg😂 Waxaan Afkeena ma ahan Christian na ma nihi. Somali baa tahay Muslina waa tahay. Adeer diinta ma ka baxday adi? We are Somali and by default Muslim so why should we adopt their language in our schooling system? If anything we should revive somali literature that has been dead since the collapse of the central government

[@elsa5872]

💕 I can see the joy in your face. The language is very specific to Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@Thatboydeucey]

May this video reach more of the African youth to educate them about their History

[@luoalaraya8860]

Eritreans and Ethiopians fighting in the comments. Chill out cause both of our languages originate from Ge'ez. We should be one as a habesha people!

[@filmont9383]

Luluaraya Tv No this is Amharu trying to steal North and South Tigrinya and Tigre peoples history

[@filmont9383]

We will not give one second rest to anyone trying to steal our forefathers identity

[@TheTempleOfTruth]

Filmon T How can this be stolen from north and south, when they are "the center", they are not people come from somewhere else are they? Make peace within yourself and peace with your brothers, that is why this kind of comments are for..

[@AndersErichsen-rr7vs]

I would like more info on Ge'ez - could this guy make some youtube videos about Ge'ez? Get the word out and the information on there Bible versions found in Ge'ez.

[@dead7dude]

Wow what an interesting video

[@francoisvillon1300]

Great! Thank you for the story. I am learning ge'ez. Do you know an on-line store where I can buy a modern edition of the Bible in ge'ez? All Ethiopic bibles offered are in Amharic!

[@God-db9vp]

You can get Geez bible app in play store.

[@rhayat10]

Very cool what you're doing with Ge'ez. I'm fluent in Hebrew, and familiar with Arabic. Amharic/Ge'ez are like our missing African cousin. I do wonder why it, as opposed to other Semitic languages, is written from left to right. By the way, "sky" is "shamayim" in Hebrew and "sama" in Arabic.

[@filmont9383]

R Hayat Geez is linked to either Tigrinya or Tigre. Amhara is not in the picture

[@dezmac528]

Its odd how people claim that Geez is a dead language. When 10 million plus known people still speak it. If thats the criteria for a dead language then we need to add more "dead" languages to that list.

[@zigzag4273]

By 'dead' they kinda mean that it's not a language that's used in day to day conversation.

[@lembabetaesraelkingdom1776]

BEAUTIFUL

[@matewosfissehaye2818]

God bless you

[@gerardchristian4763]

Geez in Ethiopia plays a role similar to what of sanscrit in India :it is part of a common heritage both spiritual and literary.

[@SpohuraFan]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful language and sacred text. There is a GREAT & GROWING interest in the Ethiopian Ancient Bible text amoung Christians in the West. Please tell us if the books of Maccabes in Ge'ez are indeed different books from the Maccabes in the Western World, and as of yet are still completely unknown to the Western world. Are Ethiopian(Ge'ez) / English bible now available? Thank yoiu.

[@Pil0s]

How can I contact this man?

[@ferewmhaile1070]

I wonder if I can touch base with you for an informational interview pertaining to a research for an international law research in the areas of Ge’ez and Ethiopian history. I don’t know if I can call myself graduate of qine bet but was a proud qine temary and later zerafi! Kindly reply to the thread and would love to indulge as the wise man has said it ( no ge’ez Font) tegeh ze eyinewem wamlak zeyidekim!

[@ELAToronto]

Please send us your contact information via our website.

[@roshqedamawi2334]

ELAToronto I would love to learn this language

[@12dollacigarette]

Actually it is quite probable. It seems to be the consensus among many European scholars as well that Ge'ez is the foundation from which some of the oldest languages were formed. Hence making it arguably the oldest language. Older than Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic and even Tigrinia. In the future, it wouldn't hurt to take a world history class or two. They can be found free of charge. tschuess

[@halleluyah8241]

How beautiful his name - Joy of Zion! Hearing the Hebrew connection also in the Ge'ez word for "sky" - which he pronounced as "samai" - the Hebrew sounds like "shamayim," I wonder (based on Judges 12:6) if it might be that these people were of Ephraim.

[@MJdreamcontinues]

Tigrinia people are the the owners of GEEZ language and yes we are from the tribe of Gad and Ephraim. Check out our History 1000 years we been fighting to protect owr Hebrew Heritage. Tigriniya , Tigre and Tigray people.

[@fuadm6127]

@@MJdreamcontinues is this really true?

[@greenkingdom6226]

@@fuadm6127 for the sanity of our people yes many Gadites can be found throughout Africa not just Ethiopia we Israelites have family members outside and inside African countries..

[@greenkingdom6226]

@@fuadm6127 Eriites son of Gad can be found among the Modern Eritreans not generally accepted I'm sure but if you observe Gad did have a son Eri that could be Eritrean peoples..

[@fuadm6127]

@thug tunes are you ethiopian, if so who do you think are real israelites?

[@vavasd1069]

How can I connect with a native speaker to teach me?

[@user-qy6xi2ut2d]

i think one reason ge'ez is not used outside the church is because of 2 things. 1. ሞክሼ ፊደላት and 2. same sounding words with different meanings. 1. basically ሞክሼ ፊደላት are letters that "sound the same" - ህ/ሕ/ኅ ጽ/ፅ ስ/ሥ ጵ/ፕ 2. then there is the same sounding words - መሐረ (have mercy)/መሀረ (taught) and way more... the problem with these two things is that words can sound exactly the same but have different meanings based on the way it's spelled which makes ge'ez unsuitable for speaking. but this wasnt always the case because the ሞክሼ ፊደላት used to have different pronunciations. unfortunately, these pronunciations have been forgotten.

[@us3rG]

Our way of sounding words with different meaning is also our way. We considered the voice and manner it was articulated to into consideration, hebrew and arabic are similar and we began with similar written letters or alphabets written right to left like hebre and arabic, we didn't have vowels too Then vowels show up and abugida (do not know if invented independently or if sanskrite has influence) The we have current fidel

[@Notnotthatguy810]

Ge'ez is Gods language given to his people. It comprises of all the audible sounds in their most basic form. This allows for the formation of new words quite effortlessly and allows for near infinite scaling of the language. Sadly, these truths have been buried and lost to the masses of the world for far too long. One only needs to look at any of the other languages that have been created by man afterwards to see how all others fall short in comparison. It's almost as if, the peoples making and developing new languages were trying to forge their own way apart from God. I guess the various rulers knew from a long time ago, if you can keep people from understanding themselves, they are far more likely to listen to whatever bs you tell them is correct.

[@Jordan-xg4pn]

It's not Hamitic, it is an extension of the South Semetic language

[@Jordan-xg4pn]

Rohan Zener What? I am Tigrinya. I should know better. Amharic and Tigrinya were one language before and that language was called Ge'ez. It was very similar to present day Tigre, which is a semetic language. Ge'ez is not hamitic at all and has always been indigenous to the eritrean highlands-

[@Jordan-xg4pn]

Rohan Zener Are you literaally denying facts? Bye, you're probably american. Tigrinya/tigre is almost exactly how Ge'ez was and those two languages are SEMETIC.

[@gen5295]

@@Jordan-xg4pn yea it derives from a southern arabian dialect. Uses the same alphabet and structure as Sabaic.

[@alive2583]

@@gen5295 No it doesn’t Arabians just claimed it. No different from the ones in the hood selling product that goes against their own religion. Stop the cap. Ge’ez language is dead until the man himself comes back with the word. Until then shut up with your mouth full of deception

[@emaye9786]

With all love and respect to my dear brother correction needs to be made on the fact that the 22 Holy alphabets of Ge'ez start with A.

[@emptymind251]

Fisaha meaning joy I love geez language

[@GuessMyName234]

Is this the language that would of been spoken by the abysinnians? I'm trying to do research into the country as I've recently found out my great great grandparents were from this country

[@user-qr8pb6vd6k]

bex ta yes Ge'ez was the language of Abysinnia upto the 13th century

[@wedgdmhra6279]

Ge'ez the living language: Read this article by Zerezghi Haile. Ge'ez Langauge.

[@PhilosophyofArtandScience]

our pride and joy

[@eritree9794]

R.I.P. the truth , it's sad to see when people twist history. They think they're serving their tribal empty ego , while destroying a regional heritage !

[@getuadmas6416]

What is that mean? 1you are ye Banda lij or werare menga.

[@MrBezagreen]

imagine watching a church video and bringing this much hate to it

[@Crossing-Blades]

I wanna learn Geez after I finish learning Japanese. Is there a way an American can learn Geez?

[@NowInIwoN]

Blessings. Love the video but would change the title from calling it "dead" outright Igziabeher

[@ednakidanemariam3119]

Geez yes, from Geez come many languages....fear God and tell the ruth not a half-truth

[@lamrof]

ጥሩ ጅምር፣ ድንቅ ጥረት ነው ወንድሜ። ኣኔም ኣንዲሁ በኢትዮጵያነቴ ኣበው ያስተላለፉልኝን ውርስ ቅርስ ማቋጠር ስለጀመብርኩ ለግእዝ ልሳን ያለኝ ፍላጎት ኣይሏል። ኣንድ ኣስተያየት ያለኝ፣ ግእዝን ሲያነቡ በትክክለኛው ኣቃቃል ለማድረግ ቢሞክሩ ጥሩ ነበር። እዚህ ዩ-ትዩብ ውስጥ ኣነባበቡን ለምሣሌ ያቀረበ ጀርመናዊ የቋንቋ ሊቅ ኣለ። የእርሱን ቪዲዮ ኣይተውታል?

[@God-db9vp]

ምን የሚል ነው ዩትዩቡ

[@NoOne-vu3bw]

Lovely

[@user-eb9yh5fg2e]

Still live not dead!!!

[@slyfox144]

It looks so similar to armenian. I love it.

[@MrBezagreen]

2 of the oldest orthodox churches. Love Armenians

[@quietmusicmedia1283]

Armenian looks like Ge’ez because Ge’ez is the older language

[@messianic_scam]

@@quietmusicmedia1283 lol

[@tsegalegesse1467]

Enamesegnalen benathe berta eytfa yale NEW

[@biniyamafework9057]

too many NARROW minded commentary.

[@quietantics4912]

What do you mean

[@DhammabradaSymhaKughl13dandada]

I could not imagine I would hear the tongue spoken by the ancients

[@ZeHagereAksum]

The best place to start is via the following books: Thomas Lambdon's Introduction to classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Wolf Leslau's Concise dictionary of Ethiopic these books are were you want to start, it will get you to intermediate level

[@user-qy6xi2ut2d]

Thank you

[@brighttomorrowlearningtube5052]

❤❤❤

[@martinkullberg6718]

I think ge'ez is a beautifull language!

[@aurorasartorialis7092]

People say that Sanskrit is a dead language for the same reason, but Classical Sanskrit was *never* anyone's first language. It was *only* literary. And it was used very heavily for that purpose for at *least* 3500 years. But no one ever really grew up speaking it, as their mother tongue.

[@moreno8383]

Tigre People of Eritrea are speaking Ge'ez with arabic influence becuase his muslim faith but tigre is very closely to Ge'ez!!! the order: Tigre closest to Geez Tigrinya ver close to Geez Amharic a little bit of Geez #facts

[@istvancsiszar1118]

i am very much interested in trying to reconstruct ancient Egyptian speaking ( which is anyway , impossible , according to mainstream scholarship ) ; i just recently have discovered the Geez language , but i find it very useful for experimenting with ancient Egyptian speech reconstructions .

[@rasheed-hb8sp]

The traditional history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church also maintains that descendants of Joktan-the Agazyan-carried the original Ge'ez language across the Red Sea into Ethiopia as they mixed with the Cushitic and Agaw people to form the hybrid Habesha race.

[@TheEarthRealm]

Not Egyptian, Ethiopian.

[@istvancsiszar1118]

The languages spoken in Ethiopia are distant relatives of Ancient Egyptian , so they can help in the reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian speech.

[@TheEarthRealm]

@@istvancsiszar1118 There are other pharoatic languages still present today in South Sadan.

[@BF-bb5us]

@@rasheed-hb8sp that is an outdated myth not supported by evidence. The semitic languages precede the point of contact.

[@emaye9786]

− Ge'ez is far from being dead or lifeless. The almighty is being praised by it in Ethiopia and throughout the world. GOD adores the Ge'ez devotion, that the language is favored by HIM, thus claiming its rightful spot as the language of GOD.

[@selomunhagos2142]

ሰናይ ዜና ሰማዕኩ እግዚአብሔርሰ ኢያማስን ልሳነ ቅዱሳን ህየ ልሳን ነበረ መዋእለ አዳም ጥቀ ዓም ይነብር ወመሰረታቲሁ ኢያንቀለቅል እስከ ለዐለም ስብሐት ለአብ ስብሐት ለወልድ ስብሐት ለመንፈስ ቅዱስ ወለመስቀሉ ክቡር ወለወላዲቱ ድንግል አሜን

[@honestabe_9207]

W mans 🤝

[@sibsah7622]

As long as a language is spoken at home it is never dead.Choose your wife's wisely .

[@user-mw7wx1up8d]

I have a question for your presence. What is the origin of the Giz language? Is it Arabic Yemeni or Syrian Aramaic ? What is the difference between the people of Gez Akazian and the people of Kochi?

[@Aetopius]

This language is linked to Axum empire with no relation with the other side of the erythrean sea.

[@selamlehagery5718]

الله محبة It is the mother tongue of the Amhara people,

[@___AWFUL___]

It’s from the ancient Axum which is from northern Ethiopia (Tigray/Eritrea)

[@teddyissak2720]

It's similar to Aramiac because the origin of ge'ez is around Babylon.

[@BF-bb5us]

It is purely a language spoken in the horn not a descendant of any south Arabian language. The language precedes the point of contact and is older than any south Arabian language.

[@sanjayallen7218]

Wow..

[@lielenetsanet7919]

geez is the key for every thing...those developed countries took our ancieet books and they r learning geez in order to get the key....

[@user-jm6my2bj9u]

Geez The ancient Arabic language was spoken by the peoples of southern Arabia

[@BF-bb5us]

That is false. Ge'ez is not descended from south arabia.

[@ethiopaalem7771]

correction needed, Alif is the 1st letter of Geez, Hoi is 5th geez letter n 1st Amharic letter, anyone want to know geez became Amharic, get/study Kidanewalds Kefle metsihafe sewaswu we gis wemezgebe Kalathadees-new verb/grammar book. it tell origins of all languages. Geez is inverse of Igzi-Lord Jesus-Alif/Alpha. why do ethiopians omitt biblical origins, other languages came after tower of babylon, geez is Head-Rasea-Ri is.

[@atseyohannes825]

Ethiopa Alem amharic was drived 15 %geez 40% argoba 25% agew 15%oromigna 5% damot. The direct son is tigrigna which is 85% geez . amharic stolen geez words and alphabet.

[@ghadaarefayne9025]

geez ena tigrigna mnm ayrarakm abzagnaw yemiyanebew ygebal gn chigru endet argen entsaf and fidel enkan alakm yanaddal mn alebet lik ende mangnawum timhrt bunmarow lizih yemihon kabital yelewum mengst yasaznal gud

[@michaelkflay4275]

troll God please understand yewhans wasn't an Ethiopian he was the lider of agaazian

[@asheru9254]

How's it a dead a language with 200 million speakers?

[@BBGL02]

Who told u 200 millions

[@blackwidowwitch6369]

The gez its still been spoken by the Ethiopian Jews,so it's not dead. It's our language.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

A dead language doesn't necessarily mean it isn't used at all but that it isn't used in everyday speech. They should rather call it, a liturgical language.

[@messianic_scam]

lol what jews

[@betriggered.2128]

Why are we fighting in the comment section, like its a language. Nobody gotta scream and say "It'S OuR LAngUge", like if you gonna get mad at someone's opinion then well, I don't know¿? 🤔 I mean it's just the internet and people have their own opinions but can we like respect it without fighting; oN ThE InteRNeT.

[@rogue7894]

I know right. Its amazing how really backward people are when it comes to discussions like this. I guess throughout the world (including the birth place of humanity) humanity hasn't evolved from its base culturally driven disdain for others not like them.

[@amosnaftali2495]

Ethiopia was better under the monarchy not Communist dictatorship

[@lavendera6846]

It's not only in Ethiopia..in Eritrea it's our launge

[@GeezClasses]

ግዕዝ, the First Language!!

[@demnotmem]

Sounds pretty much Arabic to my ears. Probably the root of all Semitic languages. Some scholars say old hebrews have spoken it for quite awhile during Moses times.

[@user-rq7yi4uz8e]

ከየት ነው የመጣው ግእዝ ለመጀመሪያ ግዜ?

[@saranerea]

It came from the Sabeans who immigrated to Eritrea and Tigray. Over 1,000 years the language evolved into ge’ez and became the Abyssinian people and the kingdom of Aksum.

[@teddyissak2720]

From Babylonia

[@teddyissak2720]

@@saranerea Wth are talking ?? Ge'ez didn't evolved from Sabeans. They are exact languages. They were probably dialects.

[@craxnews831]

@@teddyissak2720 where is Babylon? No single person on this internet can know that question except I.

[@teddyissak2720]

@@craxnews831 But we do, We have written documents and have kept records of where and how these languages came to be.

[@awabrheem1868]

Its absultely Derived from the ancient South Arabian same sounds with less harash 🤔

[@BF-bb5us]

No Ge'ez is not a descended from South Arabia. It is defined as a ethiosemitic language. Ge'ez predates any language found in South Arabia

[@awabrheem1868]

@@BF-bb5us Check mosand langauge in south of Arab peninsula (Yemen)

[@BF-bb5us]

@@awabrheem1868 I have. The language spread from Eritrea and not Yemen

[@manny7662]

@@BF-bb5us The oldest known record of Ge'ez script is found in a city in Eritrea. I don't remember which. Is it Matara?

[@BF-bb5us]

@@manny7662 that's right

[@yitbarekkibret4941]

Why u say geez is dead or lost. For me it is not dead b/c the church still now use it. The only dead language in ethio is Gafategna. Now Gafategna isnt spoken by ppl in ethio we can say it's already lost. But geez is used by priests every morning n night to transmit the word of God to the ppl.

[@Ortho_1_Christ]

How in the world you called Geez as Ethiopic? Come on brother, Geez is Agazianic language. The original language of Tigree (Northern Eritrea) Tigrigna(Kebesa southern Eritrea) and Tigray(Northern Ethiopia). Of course, the Amhara people adopted Geez, but it is not their original language. Yes, of course the same as Tigrigna speaking people of Eritrea and Tigray, the Amhara people also played a big role in keeping Geez to survive its existence(Specially in the Orthodox Coptic Church). No one denied that, but it is not Ethiopic by nature though. So, please don't twist historic nature of this ancient language. It is Agazianic language.

[@alefefam3502]

Jay Yosi and who are the agazians and where did they come from?

[@Ortho_1_Christ]

Please read this article mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31921&mobile=on You will find out who they were and where they came from and how they end up settled in Eritrea , in Tigray and then in some parts of the Amhara regions. Eritrean Tigrigna and Tigree as well as Tigrayans of Ethiopia are the closest ethnic group of Agazians(Himyarite) who used to speak Geez langauge. Where as Amhara people were Habesha( Habeshaite) which they inherited Geez from Agazians to begin with . The reason for that is that b.c both Agazians and Habeshaite were intermingled in the Arabian land and also in the now called Ethiopia and Eritrea in a span of thousands of years. Anyways read the article from the link for your knowledge.

[@Ortho_1_Christ]

May be for you it is a joke, but for Tigrigna and Tigree speaking people of Eritrea and Tigray, this Geez and Agazian identity is in their blood. I don't know about you though. By the way, sometimes the Amhara people claimed that they have have a 3000 years of history is not b.c Ethiopia itself has 3000 years of history, it is b.c of Agazians 3000 years of history. So to begin with Geez and the so called 3000 years of history that is claimed by the Amhara is not your history. It is Agazians history. The fact is on the ground. You can prove it if you go to Aksum and Adulis(the old port during the kingdom of Aksum).

[@Ortho_1_Christ]

you are as idiot as dummy. You did not read the comment with your right mind. Agew is different ethnic. Tigree or Tigrigna is different ethnic group as well. Tigrigna and Tigrie are pretty much the same ethinic group. Tigirgna speaking people has their own ethnic group not only they have their own language, but also they have their own culture and norms.

[@wedikushawi2326]

Jay Yosi truth

[@semereteame9289]

There is no alphabet called Ethiopic. Don't politiciz History, It is Geez alphabet. No reason to call it Ethiopic alphabet.

[@trollgod4911]

Dashot Bae can't help but to take a go at Ethiopia

[@helenabella4889]

Mas Gonderawi Gheez is agazianic language (used in eritrea and in the north of ethiopia) to be more specific.

[@betriggered.2128]

@Mas Gonderawi saying "go kill yourself" isn't really needed 😑

[@sssssss6361]

@Skincare Beauty stfu qondaf agame

[@ethiopaalem7771]

only Haile Selassie, Kedanewald, mimhir Gior gis present Geez from bible root according to Sine Fitirit-22 procedures of Creation+119 psalm.the foresight n care of Emperor, book was in Toronto library, made many copies for amharic class.fascist tried to burn book in 1935, communist tried same in 74,most ethiopian alphabet tables fall short, Kedanewald book originate from prophet Ezekiel letters-debdabea.

[@atseyohannes825]

Ethiopa Alem this shiwa depteras book of lie cant be a reference .

[@mrshiruthseyoum5521]

Who told you Gieze is dead?? They are teaching it in advanced Universities throughout Europe, Canada and America. But, Gieze is not dead in Ethiopia. It was simply ignored by Ethiopians only during the last 80 years. Anyway, Learning Gieze takes only 3-6 months especially to an Amharic or Tigrigna speaking student cause these 2 languages in particular are extremely related and directly derived from Gieze. By the way , all other languages spoken in Ethiopia are closely related and derived from Gieze as well. Today, Oromigna use English alphabet instead of Gieze alphabet. Why?? Not because English alphabet is more adequate to write Oromigna accurately. No! Not at all. English alphabet is inefficient even for English language itself let alone Oromigna. Oromigna writing is replaced by English alphabet only to divide people of same origin. It is also to undermine Gieze alphabet and language at its original birth place. Gieze alphabet has the most complete and adequate letters to write any human literature and language on the planet!!Furthermore, Gieze alphabet is not only best to write and record human language but even to write and record any animal sounds with fantastic accuracy. The “thief or the “invader” wants Ethiopians to become detached and disconnected to the language, history, culture, religion etc.... and what better way is there than undermining Gieze so to someday somehow claim Gieze as his own instead. So, I advise you and others like you, to teach the Gieze you already know at least in your community so it will remain alive and well. It is sole property/ inheritance of Ethiopians. Gieze is Ethiopian people’s invention. It was not copied from any other people or culture. On the contrary, many other languages have borrowed letters from Gieze alphabet. Therefore, if we continue to ignore Gieze, it will die in Ethiopia and rise somewhere else cause it is not a treasure to throw away or replace. Gieze alphabet is the most excellent and complete alphabet known to human civilization thus far. Gieze alphabet is truly far more superior to any other alphabet in the world.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

You must have written this before watching the video.

[@darkijah-andersjehovahsn7893]

Sounds more like Arabic... less harsh but still in that branch I feel.

[@arnoldbeckenbauer1097]

my friend.....ge ez itself is ARABIC language...its called SOUTH ARABIC language. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_South_Arabian_script ge ez ,amharic and tigray are one one of the manny arabian tribes. arab tribes lived in ethiopia ,the ethiopian people are arab tribes...arab tribes lived in old levant arabian peninsula ,turkey,iraq old egypt, persia! not all ethiopians are arabic tribes.but those who speak amharic ESPECIALLY geez and tigray (since tigray comes from ge ez) are south arabic!!!! the southern arabcs are QAHTANI tribes and northern are adnani tribes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_South_Arabian_script en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qahtanite

[@professionalboycottservice7872]

It sounds better and less harsh than Arabic

[@enrico7474]

Nah its because modern amharic speakers like the guy in the video cant pronounce some sounds , original ge'ez would've sounds harsher its a southern semitic language afterall .

[@manny7662]

@@arnoldbeckenbauer1097 Ge'ez isn't a south Arabian language. According to linguists, it's origin is in Africa it predates arabic.

[@davidwilson6690]

The Ethiopic languages are written from left to right because unlike Hebrew and Arabic, which are written in scripts directly derived from Proto-Sinaitic, the Ethiopic languages are written in a script which borrows some Semitic character forms, but also draws on the alpha-syllabic scripts of the Indian subcontinent (with whom East Africa had a fair amount of contact), which are themselves written left to right.

[@DJ_BGO]

is your statement that Geez "draws on the alpha syllabic scripts of the Indian subcontinent" based on any evidence or is it merely conjecture based on the fact there were trade-links between the two areas? Similarity to Brahmic scripts is not sufficient, and even if we grant the hypothesis that there was any sort of cross-influence, the direction is questionable. If anything, Ethiopia is known to predate India in terms of the presence of humans.

[@infinite5795]

@@DJ_BGO really? Your geez script was poor in vowels and was like Arabic abjad originally, vowels got added only when Ethiopian Axumite kingdom got Christianised by the Egyptian monks. The oldest Brahmi inscriptions belong to the 600-300BCE and had full vowels and consonants as a true abugida and is unique to South Asia and then South-east Asia.

[@BF-bb5us]

@@infinite5795 firstly abugida is most certainly a term that is derived from Ge'ez and Ge'ez by far predates the Brahmi script, oldest Brahmi script is 250-232 BCE. Research does not support Brahmi influence and clearly shows it to be a separate innovation. Absolutely no evidence it was derived from there. Should also note the Brahmi language is descended from exactly the same source with Ge'ez clearly being older based on evidence.

[@BF-bb5us]

That is false not only does Ge'ez predate those languages it is derived from exactly the same source so I have no idea where you got that from. Also Ge'ez is far more conservative. The script found in Eritrea bears a close resemblance found in Wadi el-hol. Linguistic reconstructions show Ethiosemitic languages have been spoken in the horn for 4,000 years. Research does not support Brahmi influence and clearly shows it to be a separate innovation.

[@dddwww1948]

Well, Fissaha...I hope you realize that you are miss pronoucing Geez. Try to pronounce it correctly especially the Ha merwaha and A-Ayn. Tigriña speakers could help you pronounce some words correctly. If you find Tigre speakers is even much better. Thank you though for bringing our Geez to life.

[@dddwww1948]

No, they could say fkrkhi, but the reason they choose to say fkrchi is that fkrchi rhymes better so they claim. Brother, this is not about competition. I am not saying Tigrigna or Tigre are better than Amharina. The fact is there are many letters that we could not pronounce any longer. For instance Amharina speakers could not pronounce many letters such as Ha merwaha, Aa ayin...and others. for instance the name Fisha is written with Ha merwaha in Geez just the way tigrina speakers pronounce it.

[@helenabella4889]

ddd www So, this shows you Tigrigna is derived directly from Geez and has no difficulty to pronounce it unlike Amahara languages.

[@craxnews831]

If Ge’ez was created and dismantled in Babylon! Where was the original Babylon. No singles soul on this internet can know where except I. Find the LEKHUR or LEKHA language….you’ll be close to biblical location of Babylon… clue: the people that presently live in Babylon still bear the original name Ezekiel was coined from. Ge’ez is called Ge’esii in that environment.

[@ethiopaalem7771]

the late Professor Ulledroff had compared, hebrew/cannanite, accadian, Arabic and other so called single column two vowel scripts to the Ethiopic, he was honest to say that only the Ethiopian Language can corroborate things in the past, others cannot, U ppl cannot face the Truth, Geez/Amharic is the only Language that have the name of God, his mercy is shown in Amarigna; Christ's Yastemarew.

[@atseyohannes825]

Ethiopa Alem amharic was created after 14 century after the fall of zagwe dynasty . amharic is more smilar to kushetic than semetic which is 75% cush u guys r good at stealing peoples history . GEEZ created by Agazian people which r the present day tigray and tigrigna eritrea . there was no a language called amharic before 14 century.

[@user-mw7wx1up8d]

atse yohannes Hello my brother peace, Lord of glory, Christ I have a question for your presence. What is the origin of the Giz language? Is it Arabic Yemeni or Syrian Aramaic ? What is the difference between the people of Gez Akazian and the people of Kochi? atse yohannes

[@Ortho_1_Christ]

Hey Brother, Geez is not Amarigna. Geez belongs to Agazians(Ertirean-tigrigna, Eritrean-tigree, and Tigray of Ethiopia). Of course, Amhara adopted geez and deserves credit for making it to survive for so many years specially in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but you cannot claim it as it is yours though.

[@gellegrainja9805]

@@user-mw7wx1up8d - The Nile of Africa

[@zerationkflay1816]

This is the elite problem.he is laying because he Sayed Ethiopic it is Geez alphabet

[@gio26e]

it looks like tigrigna

[@trollgod4911]

wedi_amlak_yesus_awetey_eyu Amharic and geez are both

[@lechatnocternal4817]

Ge'ez is the father language of Tigrigna and Amharic

[@maliekjcksn]

Did the decline of Ge'ez have something to do with decreasing the influence of Islam?

[@axumitedessalegn3549]

No. It had to do with cushitic influences mostly the agew. Ahmaric and tigrinia is an emergent effect of demographic change due to axumite migration deeper into africa mostly south.

[@ethiopaalem7771]

Ham's language is called Kibit in Egypt the land of Kam, similar to the Jews speech, the Ethiopian Geez is Liturgical from Adam time to Shem n Patriach, Moses wrote the foundation of Old/New Testement,'Musea weimabreksis in Geez. I believe and defend all that I have read/learned in our own language than any alien scribble.

[@eho6380]

They speak it good, but their accent is really bad.

[@user-qn9mp8ro3j]

The orgion of Geez is not from Amharinya or Ethiopian...The truth is from Geez to tigrinya.

[@atseyohannes825]

Dashot Bae hahahahaha geez and tigrigna was born and raised in axum tigray .

[@trollgod4911]

ዓይኒ ሳባ you know damn well Amhara and Tigray language both come from geez. Can't believe Tigrays have so much hatred

[@trollgod4911]

ዓይኒ ሳባ why the Ethiopia hate? Emporer enzana called named Ethiopia. Stop bringing shitty TPLF history here

[@trollgod4911]

ዓይኒ ሳባ I don't understand Tigray hate for Ethiopia how can you hate Ethiopia and claim yohhanes he was an Ethiopian nationalist. What has TPLF done to you

[@hayet5854]

Troll God no ge'ez oldest example is found in akele guzay Eritrea and also the direct descendant of ge'ez is Tigrinya and the oldest Tigrinya script example is found in akele guzay village logo sarda found in Eritrea and Ethiopia border. And when did ezana call himself Ethiopian?

[@houseofsolomon5668]

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[@michaelkflay4275]

wir are agaazian please avoid ethiopi why don't say Geez that belongs us not for Amharic . why amhara stealing our letters so let's fight to return to it's owners tigrigna.hawkum kab keren

[@ethiopaalem7771]

The three Geez letters that spells G-Gamel, wonderful n majestic, I-Tsadis, the Righteous One, Z-Zai commemoration of God. Alif/Alfa as Jesus declared it, A-God the Eternal Father, L-Lawi the Most High God, F-Fef the Love of God. This is Not a dead language, be careful Ethiopians the others including south Arab scribble do not carry the Spirit Character Eloquence of of God n Christ, Geez Amarigna show the Holy Trinity the Tewahdo of Jesus n the creation, Zelelamawi Christian Ethiopia your enemies are being scattered like those dead broken scripts n scribbles.

[@filmonsalazaralazar8076]

geaz are not dead the tigre people in eritrea speak geaz

[@hdet4071]

Filmon Salazar Alazar really that's so interesting

[@nathanayele8960]

Umm as Amharas in Ethiopia also help to maintain geez and the Tigrays in the north.

[@selamlehagery5718]

Filmon Salazar Alazar they speak Arabic and Italian not Ge'ez.... Shameless people 😁

[@user-id5bb1yt2q]

Rip truth.. shameless

[@filmont9383]

@@selamlehagery5718 Tigrayit is THE closest language to Geez, approx 80% similar.

[@user-dv8sg6zq4l]

Amhara people is not geez

[@selamlehagery5718]

ወዲ ወ መምህር idiot, of course the people are not Ge'ez, their language is.

[@ethiopaalem7771]

Geez is written from left - right because the 7 Spirit of Lord that proceeds from his heart/thronre Rev. 1, 4; are represented by the 7 vowels in the script. hebrew Arabic Syriack do not have this 7 columns. reason why God n Ethiopia are in the same sentence in 68 Psalm, our national psalm, u can't learn Geezamharic completely without the knowledge of God Bible n Ethiopian full history in creation, must be truthfull!

[@trollgod4911]

Dashot Bae o god another TPLFITE brainwashed Tigray nationalist. Wat did the TPLF do to make you hate Ethiopia so much

[@atseyohannes825]

Troll God present ethiopia has 130 years age dont try to fool peple with fabricated lies. all the history belongs to the people of agazians not baria cush who did nt have a letter.

[@user-gg2lw9bb9f]

Kkkkkkk you know the Amhara people stolen the History of Tigrina people . All This geez word are used by Tigrina but not by Amhara . Did you see the boy when he reach ሐ ሑ ሒ ሓ he doesn't know how it pronounced that why he leave the word and pass to word መ ሙ ሚ kkkkkkk it was really funny . Geez is fully related with Tgrina only .