Even though Amharic is derived from Geez ,it was not in inscribed in Amharic it was in Geez.Yes the Amharic Alphabets are the subset of the Geez Alphabets.(It was from today's Logos edition from the home page)
Hi Tes
This is from the "Images of the Holy Land" resource.
The complete inscription is:
"Facing the tablet where the Pater Noster (the Lord’s Prayer) is inscribed in Amharic, Ethiopean nuns read silently: “… Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name… give us day by day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins… and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil” (Luke 11:2–4). The prayer is written in a hundred languages on ceramic tablets attached to the cloister walls of the Pater Noster Church."
Is it possible that it is written in Aramaic as well as in Geez?
Graham
No. AMHARIC vs. ARAMAIC.
Totally different scripts. Aramaic script is what you know as Hebrew script. Amharic shares the script with Ge'ez.
Edit: I did a semester of Ge'ez in grad school, but don't recall enough to distinguish between the two.
Sorry, that was careless of me[:$]
But is it still possible that there both languages are present on the inscriptions?
Sorry to correct you again, but I'm pretty sure those are ceramic tiles, not inscriptions.[:)]
Found a better photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/9549670@N05/5671969928. It just says 'Etiopien'.
Tes, since this is an error you're reporting in the text of the Images of the Holy Land resource, you should direct it to LogosFeedback@logos.com so that it gets to the right person internally. They don't generally monitor the General forum for bug reports.
Three languages Amharic,Tigrinya and Tigre are the languages which are derived out of Geez, Amharic is spoken in Ethiopia, Tigrinya is spoken in the northern provinces of Ethiopia in Tigray and partly in Begemidir and in Eritrea.I would say about 60 % in Eritrea speak Tigrinya . My native language is Tigrinya as well.the third one Tigre is spoken only in the north and the Eastern part of Eritrea.But concerning the alphabets all three languages use them,but all the Alphabets are being used by the Tigrinya speaking people and Tigrinya is the closest language to Geez.
Blessings to you, Tess. Thanks for the information! Now you have pricked my curiosity to do some research on your wonderful language and people. [:)]
Question: Does being a speaker of a Semitic language make Hebrew a little easier to learn?
I know the relation must be quite distant, but at the same time they wouldn't both be considered Semitic if they had no common features.
