Geʽez script, the Glossary
Geʽez (Gəʽəz) is a script used as an abugida (alphasyllabary) for several Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea.[1]
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171 relations: Abjad, Abjad numerals, Abugida, Afroasiatic languages, Aksumite currency, Album cover, Aleph, Alphabetic numeral system, Alveolar consonant, Alveolar ejective affricate, Alveolar lateral ejective affricate, Alveolar lateral ejective fricative, Amharic, Ancient South Arabian script, Anuak language, Arabian Peninsula, Ayin, Azeb Amha, Śawt, Basketo language, Bench language, Bet (letter), Beta Israel, Bilabial ejective stop, Bilen language, Boustrophedon, Brahmic scripts, BuzzFeed News, Chinese numerals, Christianity, Classical antiquity, Close back rounded vowel, Close central unrounded vowel, Close front unrounded vowel, Close-mid back rounded vowel, Close-mid front unrounded vowel, Collation, Consonant cluster, Coptic script, Copypasta, Cushitic languages, Dalet, Dental and alveolar ejective stops, Diphthong, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Enos (biblical figure), Eritrea, Eritrean Catholic Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethio-Semitic languages, ... Expand index (121 more) »
- Abugida writing systems
- Ge'ez language
- Semitic writing systems
Abjad
An abjad (أبجد), also abgad, is a writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving the vowel sounds to be inferred by the reader.
Abjad numerals
The Abjad numerals, also called Hisab al-Jummal (حِسَاب ٱلْجُمَّل), are a decimal alphabetic numeral system/alphanumeric code, in which the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet are assigned numerical values.
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Abugida
An abugida (from Ge'ez: አቡጊዳ)sometimes also called alphasyllabary, neosyllabary, or pseudo-alphabetis a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary, similar to a diacritical mark. Geʽez script and abugida are abugida writing systems.
Afroasiatic languages
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel.
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Aksumite currency
Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) centered in present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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Album cover
An album cover (also referred to as album art) is the front packaging art of a commercially released studio album or other audio recordings.
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Aleph
Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ʾālep 𐤀, Hebrew ʾālef א, Aramaic ʾālap 𐡀, Syriac ʾālap̄ ܐ, Arabic ʾalif ا, and North Arabian 𐪑.
Alphabetic numeral system
An alphabetic numeral system is a type of numeral system.
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Alveolar consonant
Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.
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Alveolar ejective affricate
The alveolar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Alveolar lateral ejective affricate
The alveolar lateral ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Alveolar lateral ejective fricative
The alveolar lateral ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, reported in the Northwest Caucasian languages and in Modern South Arabian languages.
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Amharic
Amharic (or; Amarəñña) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.
Ancient South Arabian script
The Ancient South Arabian script (Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩯𐩬𐩵; modern الْمُسْنَد) branched from the Proto-Sinaitic script in about the late 2nd millennium BCE. Geʽez script and Ancient South Arabian script are Semitic writing systems.
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Anuak language
Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family.
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Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
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Ayin
Ayin (also ayn or ain; transliterated) is the sixteenth letter of the Semitic scripts, including Phoenician ʿayin 𐤏, Hebrew ʿayin ע, Aramaic ʿē 𐡏, Syriac ʿē ܥ, and Arabic ʿayn ع (where it is sixteenth in abjadi order only).
Azeb Amha
Azeb Amha (አዜብ አምሃ, born 1967) is a Ethiopian linguist working on the morphology and syntax of Afroasiatic languages, with a special focus on Omotic languages.
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Śawt
Śawt ሠ is a letter of the Ge'ez abugida, descended from Epigraphic South Arabian, in Ge'ez representing ś. Geʽez script and Śawt are Ge'ez language.
Basketo language
Basketo (also known as Basketto, Baskatta, Mesketo, Misketto, and Basketo-Dokka) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Basketo special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, which is part of Ethiopia.
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Bench language
Bench (Bencnon, Shenon or Mernon, formerly called GimiraRapold 2006) is a Northern Omotic language of the "Gimojan" subgroup, spoken by about 174,000 people (in 1998) in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, in southern Ethiopia, around the towns of Mizan Teferi and Shewa Gimira.
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Bet (letter)
Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician bēt 𐤁, Hebrew bēt ב, Aramaic bēṯ 𐡁, Syriac bēṯ ܒ, and Arabic bāʾ ب.
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Beta Israel
The Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews, are an African community of the Jewish diaspora.
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Bilabial ejective stop
The bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Bilen language
The Bilen language (ብሊና b(ɨ)lina or ብሊን b(ɨ)lin) is spoken by the Bilen people in and around the city of Keren in Eritrea.
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Boustrophedon
Boustrophedon is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmic scripts, also known as Indic scripts, are a family of abugida writing systems. Geʽez script and Brahmic scripts are abugida writing systems.
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BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed News was an American news website published by BuzzFeed beginning in 2011.
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Chinese numerals
Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.
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Close back rounded vowel
The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in many spoken languages.
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Close central unrounded vowel
The close central unrounded vowel, or high central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some languages.
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Close front unrounded vowel
The close front unrounded vowel, or high front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound that occurs in most spoken languages, represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by the symbol i. It is similar to the vowel sound in the English word meet—and often called long-e in American English.
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Close-mid back rounded vowel
The close-mid back rounded vowel, or high-mid back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
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Close-mid front unrounded vowel
The close-mid front unrounded vowel, or high-mid front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Collation
Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order.
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Consonant cluster
In linguistics, a consonant cluster, consonant sequence or consonant compound, is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel.
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Coptic script
The Coptic script is the script used for writing the Coptic language, the most recent development of Egyptian. Geʽez script and Coptic script are writing systems of Africa.
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Copypasta
A copypasta is a block of text copied and pasted to the Internet and social media.
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Cushitic languages
The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
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Dalet
Dalet (also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician dālt 𐤃, Hebrew dālet ד, Aramaic dālaṯ 𐡃, Syriac dālaṯ ܕ, and Arabic dāl د (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order).
Dental and alveolar ejective stops
The alveolar and dental ejective stops are types of consonantal sounds, usually described as voiceless, that are pronounced with a glottalic egressive airstream.
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Diphthong
A diphthong, also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.
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Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Geʽez script and Egyptian hieroglyphs are writing systems of Africa.
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Enos (biblical figure)
Enos or Enosh (אֱנוֹשׁ ʾĔnōš; "mortal man"; Yāniš/’Anūš; Ἐνώς Enṓs; Ge'ez: ሄኖስ Henos) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
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Eritrea
Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.
Eritrean Catholic Church
The Eritrean Catholic Church or Eritrean Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Eritrea.
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Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (beta krstyan tawahdo ertra) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea.
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Ethio-Semitic languages
Ethio-Semitic (also Ethiopian Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
Ethiopian Catholic Church
The Ethiopian Catholic Church or Ethiopian Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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Ezana of Axum
Ezana (ዔዛና, ‘Ezana, unvocalized ዐዘነ ‘zn), (Ἠεζάνα, Aezana) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (320s –). One of the best-documented rulers of Aksum, Ezana is important as he is the country's first king to embrace Christianity and make it the official religion.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Frumentius
Frumentius (ፍሬምናጦስ; died c. 383) was a Phoenician Christian missionary and the first bishop of Axum who brought Christianity to the Kingdom of Aksum.
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Gamo-Gofa-Dawro language
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro is an Omotic language of the Afroasiatic family spoken in the Dawro, Gamo Gofa and Wolayita Zones of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region in Ethiopia.
See Geʽez script and Gamo-Gofa-Dawro language
Geʽez
Geez (or; ግዕዝ, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. Geʽez script and Geʽez are Ge'ez language.
Geʽez script
Geʽez (Gəʽəz) is a script used as an abugida (alphasyllabary) for several Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Geʽez script and Geʽez script are abugida writing systems, Ge'ez language, Semitic writing systems and writing systems of Africa.
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Gimel
Gimel is the third (in alphabetical order; fifth in spelling order) letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician gīml 𐤂, Hebrew gīmel ג, Aramaic gāmal 𐡂, Syriac gāmal ܓ, and Arabic ǧīm ج.
Glottal stop
The glottal stop or glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis.
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Greco-Roman world
The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.
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Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC.
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Greek numerals
Greek numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, are a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Greek alphabet.
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Gumuz language
Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz) is a dialect cluster spoken along the border of Ethiopia and Sudan.
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Gurage people
The Gurage (Gurage: ጉራጌ, ቤተ-ጉርዓ, ቤተ-ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.
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Hamer language
Hamer or Hamer-Banna (Hamer: hámar aapó) is a language within the South Omotic branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
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Harari language
Harari is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken by the Harari people of Ethiopia.
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Hawulti (monument)
Hawulti is a pre-Aksumite obelisk located in Matara, Eritrea.
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Haymanot
Haymanot (ሃይማኖት) is the branch of Judaism which is practiced by the Beta Israel, also known as Ethiopian Jews.
He (letter)
He is the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician hē 𐤄, Hebrew hē ה, Aramaic hē 𐡄, Syriac hē ܗ, and Arabic hāʾ ه.
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Hebrew numerals
The system of Hebrew numerals is a quasi-decimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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Heth
Heth, sometimes written Chet or Ḥet, is the eighth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ḥēt 𐤇, Hebrew ḥēt ח, Aramaic ḥēṯ 𐡇, Syriac ḥēṯ ܚ, and Arabic ḥāʾ ح.
History of the alphabet
The history of the alphabet goes back to the consonantal writing system used to write Semitic languages in the Levant during the 2nd millennium BCE.
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Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Inherent vowel
An inherent vowel is part of an abugida (or alphasyllabary) script. Geʽez script and inherent vowel are abugida writing systems.
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Interdental consonant
Interdental consonants are produced by placing the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower front teeth.
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International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.
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ISO 15924
ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, is an international standard defining codes for writing systems or scripts (a "set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages").
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Kafa language
Kafa or Kefa (Kafi noono) is a North Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia at the Keffa Zone.
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Kaph
Kaph (also spelled kaf) is the eleventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician kāp 𐤊, Hebrew kāp̄ כ, Aramaic kāp 𐡊, Syriac kāp̄ ܟ, and Arabic kāf ك (in abjadi order).
Kingdom of Aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum (ʾÄksum; 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣,; Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages.
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Labialized velar consonant
A labialized velar or labiovelar is a velar consonant that is labialized, with a -like secondary articulation.
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Lambda
Lambda (.
Lamedh
Lamedh or lamed is the twelfth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew lāmeḏ ל, Aramaic lāmaḏ 𐡋, Syriac lāmaḏ ܠ, Arabic lām ل, and Phoenician lāmd 𐤋.
Languages of Eritrea
The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar, and Beja.
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Languages of Ethiopia
The languages of Ethiopia include the official languages of Ethiopia, its national and regional languages, and a large number of minority languages, as well as foreign languages.
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Majang language
The Majang language is spoken by the Majangir people of Ethiopia.
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Mashable
Mashable is a news website, digital media platform and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2004.
Matara, Eritrea
Metera or መጠራ (𐩣𐩷𐩧) is a small town and important archeological site located in the Debub Region of Eritrea.
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Meʼen language
Meʼen (also Mekan, Mieʼen, Mieken, Meqan, Men) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Surmic, Southeast Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia by the Meʼen people.
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Mem
Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm מ, Aramaic mem 𐡌, Syriac mīm ܡ, Arabic mīm م, and Phoenician mēm 𐤌.
Motherland (2010 film)
Motherland (እናት ሀገር) is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah.
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Nilo-Saharan languages
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of around 210 African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet.
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Nilotic languages
The Nilotic languages are a group of related languages spoken across a wide area between South Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples.
See Geʽez script and Nilotic languages
Nun (letter)
Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order).
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Omotic languages
The Omotic languages are a group of languages spoken in southwestern Ethiopia, in the Omo River region and southeastern Sudan in Blue Nile State.
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Open front unrounded vowel
The open front unrounded vowel, or low front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
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Other (philosophy)
Other is a term used to define another person or people as separate from oneself.
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Pe (Semitic letter)
Pe is the seventeenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician pē 𐤐, Hebrew pē פ, Aramaic pē 𐡐, Syriac pē ܦ, and Arabic fāʾ ف (in abjadi order).
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Peter T. Daniels
Peter T. Daniels (born December 11, 1951) is a scholar of writing systems, specializing in typology.
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Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BC. Geʽez script and Phoenician alphabet are Semitic writing systems.
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Proto-Sinaitic script
The Proto-Sinaitic script is a Middle Bronze Age writing system known from a small corpus of about 30-40 inscriptions and fragments from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, as well as two inscriptions from Wadi el-Hol in Middle Egypt. Geʽez script and Proto-Sinaitic script are Semitic writing systems.
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Provinces of Eritrea
The provinces of Eritrea existed since pre-Axumite times and became administrative provinces from Eritrea's incorporation as a colony of Italy until the conversion of the provinces into administrative regions.
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Qoph
Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ ק, Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf ق.
Racism
Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.
Rastafari
Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s.
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Resh
Resh (IPA: /ɹɛʃ/) is the twentieth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician rēš 𐤓, Hebrew rēš ר, Aramaic rēš 𐡓, Syriac rēš ܪ, and Arabic rāʾ ر.
Right-to-left script
In a script (commonly shortened to right to left or abbreviated RTL, RL-TB or R2L), writing starts from the right of the page and continues to the left, proceeding from top to bottom for new lines.
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Roots reggae
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of Africans and those in the African Diaspora, including the spiritual side of Rastafari, black liberation, revolution and the honouring of God, called Jah by Rastafarians.
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Sabaeans
The Sabaeans or Sabeans (𐩪𐩨𐩱|; as-Sabaʾiyyūn; Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians.
Sacred language
A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is a language that is cultivated and used primarily for religious reasons (like Mosque service) by people who speak another, primary language (like Persian, Urdu, Pashtu, Balochi, Sindhi etc.) in their daily lives.
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Samekh
Samekh is the fifteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician sāmek 𐤎, Hebrew sāmeḵ ס, Aramaic samek 𐡎, and Syriac semkaṯ ܣ.
Sat (letter)
Śat (ሰ) is a letter of the Ge'ez abugida, descended from South Arabian 𐩪. Geʽez script and Sat (letter) are Ge'ez language.
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Satanism
Satanism refers to a group of religious, ideological, and/or philosophical beliefs based on Satan – particularly his worship or veneration.
Sebat Bet Gurage language
Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Ethiopian Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in Ethiopia.
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Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Geʽez script and Semitic languages are Ge'ez language.
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Shin (letter)
Shin (also spelled Šin or Sheen) is the twenty-first and penultimate letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician šīn 𐤔, Hebrew šīn ש, Aramaic šīn 𐡔, Syriac šīn ܫ, and Arabic sīn س.
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Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009.
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South Arabia
South Arabia is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, mainly centered in what is now the Republic of Yemen, yet it has also historically included Najran, Jizan, Al-Bahah, and 'Asir, which are presently in Saudi Arabia, and Dhofar of present-day Oman.
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South Semitic scripts
The South Semitic scripts are a family of alphabets that had split from Proto-Sinaitic script by the 10th century BC. Geʽez script and South Semitic scripts are Semitic writing systems.
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Taw
Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician tāw 𐤕, Hebrew tav ת, Aramaic taw 𐡕, Syriac taw ܬ, and Arabic tāʾ ت (22nd in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order).
Teth
Teth, also written as or Tet, is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṭēt 𐤈, Hebrew ṭēt ט, Aramaic ṭēṯ 𐡈, Syriac ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic ṭāʾ ط.
Tigray Region
The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia.
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Tigre language
Tigre (ትግረ, also known as Tigré ትግሬ;, or by its Eritrean autonym Tigrayit ትግራይት) is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa, primarily by the Tigre people of Eritrea.
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Tigrinya language
Tigrinya (ትግርኛ,; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples.
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Troll (slang)
In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life.
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Trumpism
Trumpism is a political movement in the United States that comprises the political ideologies associated with Donald Trump and his political base.
Tsade
Tsade (also spelled ṣade, ṣādē, ṣaddi,, tzadi, sadhe, tzaddik) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṣādē 𐤑, Hebrew ṣādī צ, Aramaic ṣāḏē 𐡑, Syriac ṣāḏē ܨ, Ge'ez ṣädäy ጸ, and Arabic ṣād ص.
Ugaritic alphabet
The Ugaritic writing system is a cuneiform abjad (consonantal alphabet) with syllabic elements used from around either 1400 BCE or 1300 BCE for Ugaritic, an extinct Northwest Semitic language. Geʽez script and Ugaritic alphabet are Semitic writing systems.
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Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized.
Velar ejective stop
The velar ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Vice (magazine)
Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics.
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Vinculum (symbol)
\overline line segment from A to B.
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Voiced alveolar fricative
The voiced alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds.
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Voiced bilabial nasal
The voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound which has been observed to occur in about 96% of spoken languages.
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Voiced bilabial plosive
The voiced bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages.
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Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants
The voiced alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages.
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Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals
The voiced alveolar nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in numerous spoken languages.
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Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills
The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced labial–velar approximant
The voiced labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English.
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Voiced labiodental fricative
The voiced labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced palatal approximant
The voiced palatal approximant is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages.
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Voiced palatal nasal
The voiced palatal nasal is a type of consonant used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced pharyngeal fricative
The voiced pharyngeal approximant or fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced postalveolar fricative
The voiced postalveolar or palato-alveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced velar nasal
The voiced velar nasal, also known as eng, engma, or agma (from Greek ἆγμα 'fragment'), is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced velar plosive
The voiced velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages.
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Voiceless alveolar fricative
The voiceless alveolar fricatives are a type of fricative consonant pronounced with the tip or blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (gum line) just behind the teeth.
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Voiceless bilabial plosive
The voiceless bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in most spoken languages.
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Voiceless dental and alveolar plosives
The voiceless alveolar, dental and postalveolar plosives (or stops) are types of consonantal sounds used in almost all spoken languages.
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Voiceless glottal fricative
The voiceless glottal fricative, sometimes called voiceless glottal transition or the aspirate, is a type of sound used in some spoken languages that patterns like a fricative or approximant consonant phonologically, but often lacks the usual phonetic characteristics of a consonant.
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Voiceless labiodental fricative
The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in a number of spoken languages.
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Voiceless pharyngeal fricative
The voiceless pharyngeal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Voiceless postalveolar fricative
A voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiceless uvular fricative
The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in some spoken languages.
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Voiceless uvular plosive
The voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Voiceless velar fricative
The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiceless velar plosive
The voiceless velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages.
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Waw (letter)
Waw ("hook") is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician wāw 𐤅, Aramaic waw 𐡅, Hebrew vav ו, Syriac waw ܘ and Arabic wāw و (sixth in abjadi order; 27th in modern Arabic order).
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Wazeba of Axum
WZB (early 4th century), vocalized by historians as Wazeba, was a Negus of the Kingdom of Aksum, centered in the highlands of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
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White House COVID-19 outbreak
The White House COVID-19 outbreak was a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections that began in September 2020 and ended in January 2021 that spread among people, including many U.S. government officials, who were in close contact during the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C. Numerous high-profile individuals were infected, including then President Donald Trump, who was hospitalized for three days.
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Wolaitta language
Wolaitta or Wolayttatto Doonaa is a North Omotic language of the Ometo group spoken in the Wolayita Zone and some other parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region of Ethiopia.
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Word divider
In punctuation, a word divider is a form of glyph which separates written words.
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Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.
Yodh
Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yud י, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي.
Zayin
Zayin (also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay) is the seventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician zayn 𐤆, Hebrew zayīn ז, Aramaic zain 𐡆, Syriac zayn ܙ, and Arabic zāy ز.
500 Years Later
500 Years Later (፭፻ ዓመታት በኋላ) is a 2005 independent documentary film directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah and written by M. K. Asante, Jr. It has won five international film festival awards in the category of Best Documentary, including the UNESCO "Breaking the Chains" award.
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See also
Abugida writing systems
- Abugida
- Boyd's syllabic shorthand
- Brahmic scripts
- Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
- Geʽez script
- Inherent vowel
- Kharosthi
- Kurukh Banna
- Mandombe script
- Mende Kikakui script
- Mwangwego script
- Naoriya Phulo script
- Pitman shorthand
- Pollard script
- S'gaw Karen alphabet
- Sarati
- Telugu script
- Tengwar
- Thaana
- ʼPhags-pa script
Ge'ez language
- Abba Gorgoryos
- Bahrey
- Carlo Conti Rossini
- Geʽez
- Geʽez script
- Igziabeher
- Meqabyan
- Ramiel
- Robert Charles (scholar)
- Sat (letter)
- Semitic languages
- Śawt
Semitic writing systems
- Ancient South Arabian script
- Arabic script
- Geʽez script
- Hebrew alphabet
- ISO 233
- Maltese alphabet
- Mater lectionis
- Nabataean script
- Phoenician alphabet
- Plene scriptum
- Proto-Canaanite alphabet
- Proto-Sinaitic script
- Samaritan script
- South Semitic scripts
- Syriac alphabet
- Ugaritic alphabet
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geʽez_script
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