Ge'ez

ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia
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Ge'ez
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Ge'ez

Summary

Ge'ez is a language[1]. Ge'ez ranks in the top 0.55% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,785 views/month, #31 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ge'ez's religion is recorded as Eritrean Catholic Church[3].
  • Ge'ez's religion is recorded as Ethiopian Catholic Church[4].
  • Ge'ez's religion is recorded as Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church[5].
  • Ge'ez is in the country of Ethiopia[6].
  • Ge'ez is in the country of Eritrea[7].
  • Ge'ez's instance of is recorded as language[8].
  • Ge'ez's instance of is recorded as sacred language[9].
  • Ge'ez's instance of is recorded as dead language[10].
  • Ge'ez's instance of is recorded as ancient language[11].
  • Ge'ez's instance of is recorded as extinct language[12].
  • Ge'ez is a type of Ethiopian Semitic[13].
  • Ge'ez's writing system is recorded as Geʽez script[14].
  • Ge'ez's Commons category is recorded as Ge'ez language[15].
  • Ge'ez's Wikimedia language code is recorded as gez[16].
  • Ge'ez was dissolved in 1201[17].
  • Ge'ez's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ge'ez language[18].
  • Ge'ez's Commons gallery is recorded as Ge'ez[19].
  • Ge'ez's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[20].
  • Ge'ez's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Ge'ez's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • Ge'ez's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • Ge'ez's native label is recorded as ግዕዝ[24].
  • Ge'ez's different from is recorded as Geʽez script[25].
  • Ge'ez's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct[26].
  • Ge'ez's UNESCO language status is recorded as sacred language[27].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Eritrean Catholic Church[3], an Eastern Catholic Churches[28], founded in 2015[29]; Ethiopian Catholic Church[4], an Eastern Catholic Churches[30], founded in 1930[31], headquartered in Addis Ababa[32]; and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church[5], a Christian denomination[33], in Eritrea[34], headquartered in Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral[35].

Why It Matters

Ge'ez ranks in the top 0.55% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,785 views/month, #31 of 5,611).[2] Ge'ez has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Ge'ez is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Languages, WikiProject Ethiopia, WikiProject Eritrea +1
    Cathopedia article id → Lingua_ge'ez
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12288]]: Lingua_ge'ez"
  2. 5w ago · Treisijs · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Languages, WikiProject Ethiopia, WikiProject Eritrea +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6104]]: [[Q8486980]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Geʽez script
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1201-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28472, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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