A living Ethiopian Semitic language written in the Ge'ez script, official language of Eritrea alongside Arabic and a major working language of Ethiopia's Tigray region. Related to Amharic within the same South Semitic branch, but not mutually intelligible with it.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code StatusDe facto national working language, official in Eritrea (1995 constitution) and a working language in Ethiopia's Tigray region. RegionEritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia 1 Classification
Official Status Connections
Associated With
This source names Amharic directly: "Related to Amharic within the same South Semitic branch, but not mutually intelligible with it."
Source Glottolog
This source names Ge'ez directly: "Semitic language written in the Ge'ez script, official language of Eritrea alongside Arabic and a major working language of Ethiopia's Tigray region."
Source Glottolog
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Tigrinya Language
Written In
Source Princeton McGraw Center: The Ethiopic AlphabetHamza Zafer
Sources
1. Glottolog
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology- tigr1271
Official status, Tigrinya entity page
A living Ethiopian Semitic language written in the Ge'ez script, official language of Eritrea alongside Arabic and a major working language of Ethiopia's Tigray region.
View the Source 2. ISO 639-3 Registry, SIL International
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Princeton McGraw Center: The Ethiopic Alphabet
Hamza Zafer, Princeton University, McGraw Center for Teaching and LearningWritten In: Ge'ez ScriptView the Source Wikipedia: Tigrinya Language
Wikimedia FoundationIn Family: Afro-Asiatic, Infobox, Language familyQuote, In Family: Afro-Asiatic, Infobox, Language family
Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > West Semitic > South Semitic > Ethiopic > North > Tigrinya
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