Geʽez (/ˈɡiːɛz/; ግዕዝ, Gəʿəz IPA: [ˈɡɨʕɨz] or Geëz, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic), is an ancient South Semitic language of the Ethio-Semitic branch language. The language originates from what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea in East Africa.
Today, Geʽez is used only as the main liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Catholic Church, and the Beta Israel Jewish community.
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