Today, there are over 200,000 Ge’ez manuscripts.

Quite literally, 99% of them were written by Amharas, regardless of where they are found.

Numerous textual cues support this conclusion.

Let’s explore them 👇🧵

https://twitter.com/jignabonito/status/1844707780617199703

Ge’ez died as a spoken language immediately after the Solomonic rulers of Aksum were deposed.

Even written Ge’ez almost went extinct.

But once this Amhara Dynasty was restored, Ge’ez entered its Golden Age.

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Tigrinya speakers are genetically illiterate

Not generally—GENETICALLY 🧬

EVERY SINGLE ONE

They NEVER produced ANY literature until 1940s

The FIRST Tigrinya text to EVER be written came in 1830s

Funnily enough, EUROPEANS were responsible for BOTH the above

Proof 👇

https://twitter.com/JemDarfur/status/1848459049517650433

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To start, we’ll debunk fairytales like, “Tigrinya text was first recorded in ‘13th’ century.”

Their 1st “source” for this claim is “Wikipedia” & the 2nd is a “dissertation.”

Note: Neither source is peer reviewed (AKA “scholarly”) nor provides a citation for the claim.

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Agazi was the ruling tribe of Axum 🇪🇹

Many dream of being Agazi today, but Amharas are the only ethnic group on 🌎 to historically identify as such

The Amhara ☦️ Saint, Giyorgis of Segla (1365-1425), is one notable example… 👇

https://twitter.com/Sief_Gomida/status/1847749901083414940

As his Ge’ez Chronicle beautifully narrates:

ተፈጸመ፡ዘለፋሁ፡ለፎጢኖስ፡ኀረገ፡ገሞራ

ለኀብለ፡ሃይማኖት፡ዘመተራ

ለመለኮተ፡ወልድ፡ዘአስተናከራ

ለቤተ፡ከርስትያን፡ዘአስተሐቀራ

ይቤ፡ጊዮርጊስ፡ዘሀገረ፡አምሐራ

“He was called Giyorgis of Amhara”

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"Tigrayan, Tigray, Tegaru, Tigre"—

They all mean slave.

In Ge’ez, Amharic, and even Tigrinya.

Don’t believe me?

All the proof is in this post 👇👇 2/

This 1865 Tigrinya-French dictionary defines “Tigray” as “sujet" (“subject” in English), AKA someone who was conquered & subjugated by a higher power

A 2nd def. is “plébéien,” meaning “peasant” or “commoner"

The meaning is the same no matter how “Tigray” is spelt/pronounced

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Historically speaking, Tigrayans never celebrated Ashenda.

In fact, it’s not even a Tigrinya word. The first written mention of “Ashenda” is found in an Amharic book from 1910, authored by Tigrayan & German scholars.

They agreed Ashenda is originally an Amhara festival.
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Below is a photo from 1921 of Amharas celebrating Ashenda.

The original caption reads “Rito del Beghemeder,” meaning “Rite of Begemeder.”

“Rite” is another term for religious ceremony. And Begemeder is the historical name for Gondar, a province in the greater Amhara region.

🧵🧶 The claim that Ge’ez words entered the Arabic language through “slaves” is unusual, misleading, & ultimately false. It also ignores the far more obvious & probable explanation: the fact that Ethiopians ruled over Arabia for centuries. 1/ The history of the Habesha (Semitic-speaking, predominantly Orthodox Christian people) and their empire begins some 3,000 years ago with the Cushitic Queen Makeda, pagan ruler of Sheba in the old Ethiopian colony of Yemen.

A 🧵🧶debunking this gallita’s shameless lies & deception.

Let’s first recall that ALL claims by Gallas today of being “indigenous to the Horn of Africa” are a recent phenomenon and do not exist in the oral traditions of Gallas in Ethiopia.

https://x.com/annitiya/status/1793793152714690816

2. But before moving any further, let’s study the word “Galla” itself. Interestingly enough, Gallas themselves never identified as such. Rather, they refer to one another as “llm' Orma.”

This is a thread containing my response to one person’s doubts about #HR6600. All true Amharas, Afars, and Ethiopians should read this to understand why so many of us support the bill. Disclaimer: These are my own views and observations, and they do not necessarily represent those of all Amharas/Afars/Ethiopians.