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Geʽez
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Community Profile: While far smaller than Ethiopian communities in other American cities such as Washington D.C, New York's Ethiopian community is scattered around the city and its suburbs, with clusters around Harlem, the Bronx, and the New Jersey suburbs. Amharic, the main national language, serves as a lingua franca.
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e'ez, also called Classical Ethiopic, is a liturgical language native to East Africa. Though spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea throughout the first millennium CE, the language has been exclusively written since the 13th century. The golden age of Ge'ez literature ran from the 13th to the 17th century, producing important Ethiopian texts like Mats'hafe Berhan ("The Book of Light") and Fetha Negest ("Laws of the Kings"). Unlike most other Semitic languages, Ge'ez is written and read from left to right. Harlem and the Bronx are home to two Ethiopian Orthodox Churches, where core Ge'ez texts continue to be read and studied.

Note that the language above may be used throughout the New York area — this is just one significant site.
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