Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Ge'ez

c. 100 CE – 1100 CE Classical

Ge'ez (c. 100 CE – 1100 CE) is a classical Afro-Asiatic language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Semitic → Proto-West Semitic → Proto-Ethio-Semitic → Ge'ez.

See Ge'ez on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
gez
Glottocode
geez1241

Language of the Kingdom of Aksum, first attested in 4th-century inscriptions. Extinct as a vernacular by roughly the 10th–13th century; still the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  3. Proto-West Semiticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Ethio-Semiticc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  5. Ge'ezc. 100 CE – 1100 CE

Descendants 2

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Ethio-Semitic.

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