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 Speaker Count StatusDe facto national working language, official in Eritrea (1995 constitution) and a working language in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Attested From (Year) RegionEritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia 2 Classification
Language Kind 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
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Tigrinya (Glottolog languoid tigr1271)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. 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 3. ISO 639-3 Registry, SIL International
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4. Tigrinya (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement, first-language qualifier (EntityId 11464): 7507780Quote, Wikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement, first-language qualifier (EntityId 11464): 7507780
Wikidata item Q34124, property P1098 (number of speakers): 7,507,780, qualifier P518=Q36870 (first language), point in time 2019 (normal rank, non-deprecated).
5. Omniglot: Tigrinya language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotWritten TigrinyaQuote, Written Tigrinya
Tigrinya is written with a version of the Ge'ez script and first appeared in writing during the 13th century in a text on the local laws for the district of Logosarda in southern Eritrea.
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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