Home›Open Questions›What consonant did the Ge'ez letter sappa write in the classical language?Open QuestionsWhat consonant did the Ge'ez letter sappa write in the classical language?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What consonant did the Ge'ez letter sappa write in the classical language?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-consonant-did-the-geez-letter-sappa-write-in-the-classical-language.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What consonant did the Ge'ez letter sappa write in the classical language?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-consonant-did-the-geez-letter-sappa-write-in-the-classical-languageCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-consonant-did-the-ge-ez-letter-sapp, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What consonant did the Ge'ez letter sappa write in the classical language?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-consonant-did-the-geez-letter-sappa-write-in-the-classical-language}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionIn the received reading tradition of the Ethiopian and Eritrean churches sappa is sounded exactly as saday is, so the classical value is not recoverable from how the script is read today, and it is reconstructed by comparison with the other Semitic languages rather than from any Ethiopian testimony.What would resolve this A transcription of Ge'ez words into a contemporary script that did distinguish the sounds, or an Aksumite-period bilingual or transcribed text in which the letter's value can be read off directly.OpenSemitic historical linguistics; Ethiopian epigraphyDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First EditionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnSappa (Tza) ፀ, Alphabet Letters Well-attested Source Divinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1SourcesDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year