Ge'ez script

The Ge'ez script (Ge'ez: ግዕዝ, Gəʿəz), also known as Ethiopic, is a writing system native to Eastern Africa. It can be found in languages for several languages of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Ge'ez script is used as an abugida (alphasyllabary) for languages including Amharic and Tigrinya. It originated as an abjad (consonant-only alphabet) and was first used to write Ge'ez, which in modern times is the liturgical language of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and Beta Israel, the Jewish community in Ethiopia. In Amharic and Tigrinya, the script is often called fidäl (ፊደል), meaning "script" or "alphabet".