Language Family Amharic is a member of the Afro-Asiatic Language Family. There are 375 languages in this family. Arabic, Oromo and Somali are other languages in this family.
Ge'ez Script The Ge'ez or Ethiopic script possibly developed from the Sabaean/Minean script. The earliest known inscriptions in the Ge'ez script date to the 5th century BC. At first the script represented only consonants. Vowel indication started to appear in 4th century AD during the reign of king Ezana, though might have developed at a earlier date.