Indigenous abugida of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Used for Amharic, Tigrinya, Ge'ez, and several other languages.
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What does it look like?
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Origins & History
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✦Key Features
Abugida of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Each consonant has 7 vowel variants. One of the world's oldest continuously used indigenous scripts.
↔Writing direction: Left to Right (LTR)
U+Unicode Information
Total Characters
345
Sample Code Points(click to copy)
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How is it used?
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Where is it used?
Languages, countries and users
🌐Usage
Languages
GeezAmharicTigrinyaTigre
Countries
EthiopiaEritrea
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