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Encyclopedia > Tigrignan language
Tigrigna (ትግሪኛ)
Spoken in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel
Region: Northern Africa
Total speakers: 5.1 million
Ranking: not in top 100
Genetic
classification:
Afro-Asiatic

 Semitic
  South
   Ethiopian
    North
     Tigrigna Categories: Africa geography stubs | North Africa ... This is a list of languages ordered by number of first-language speakers, with some data for second-language use. ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... Map showing the distribution of Afro-Asiatic languages The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. ... 12th century Hebrew Bible script The Semitic languages are a family of languages spoken by more than 250 million people across much of the Middle East, where they originated, and North and East Africa. ... The Semitic languages are the northeastern subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic languages, and the only family of this group spoken in Asia. ...

Official status
Official language of: Eritrea
Regulated by: --
Language codes
ISO 639-1 ti
ISO 639-2 tir
SIL TGN

Tigrigna (ትግርኛ, nowadays usually spelled Tigrinya in English, as opposed to the older Italian spelling) is a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea, where it is one of two official languages, and in parts of Ethiopia and Israel. It is written in the Ge'ez (also called Ethiopic) script. ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ... ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ... SIL International is a non-profit, faith-based, scientific organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of expanding linguistic knowledge, promoting world literacy and aiding minority language development. ... 12th century Hebrew Bible script The Semitic languages are a family of languages spoken by more than 250 million people across much of the Middle East, where they originated, and North and East Africa. ... The Geez language (or Giiz language) is an ancient language that developed in the Ethiopian Highlands of the Horn of Africa as the language of the peasantry. ...


In northern Ethiopia, the speakers of this language are known as Tigrawot (plural); the singular forms are Tigraway for male and Tigraweiti for female speakers. Eritrean Tigrigna speakers are called Tigrigna.


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