ግዕዝ Ge'ez, abugida born in Aksum ~1,700 years ago, still writing today. 26 consonants × 7 vowel orders = 182 forms. Amharic (~57M) extended to ~34 base. Tigrinya (~9M) close variant. Same Semitic family as Arabic/Hebrew, but Ge'ez picked syllables (abugida) + LTR. Different road.
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