Tigrinya language

Tigrinya
Tigrinya
ትግርኛ (Təgrəñña)
Pronunciation	[tɨɡrɨɲːä] ⓘ
Native to	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Ethnicity	Tigrayans; Tigrinya
Native speakers	9.9 million (2022–2023)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic North Tigrinya; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Geʽez script (Tigrinya alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Eritrea; Ethiopia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ti
ISO 639-2	tir
ISO 639-3	tir
Glottolog	tigr1271
	Countries where Tigrinya holds official status: Eritrea Ethiopia
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Tigrinya,^[a] sometimes romanized as Tigrigna, is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is primarily spoken by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples native to Eritrea and the Ethiopian state of the Tigray Region, respectively.^[5] It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions.

^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2025). "Tigrinya". Ethnologue, 28th ed. SIL International. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
^ Tigrinya language at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)
^ "Classification of Ethio Semitic languages according to Hudson 2013". Research Gate. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
^ "Issues in mapping and classifying the Semitic languages of Ethiopia". Tekabe Legesse Felake. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Tigrinya language". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 6 March 2024.

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[E28-1] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2025). "Tigrinya". Ethnologue, 28th ed. SIL International. Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[2] Tigrinya language at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)

[3] "Classification of Ethio Semitic languages according to Hudson 2013". Research Gate. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[4] "Issues in mapping and classifying the Semitic languages of Ethiopia". Tekabe Legesse Felake. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[Tigrinya_language-5] "Tigrinya language". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 6 March 2024.

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Tigrinya
ትግርኛ (Təgrəñña)

Pronunciation	[tɨɡrɨɲːä] ^ⓘ
Native to	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Ethnicity	Tigrayans Tigrinya
Native speakers	9.9 million (2022–2023)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic North^[2]^[3]^[4] Tigrinya
Writing system	Geʽez script (Tigrinya alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Eritrea Ethiopia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`ti`
ISO 639-2	`tir`
ISO 639-3	`tir`
Glottolog	`tigr1271`
Countries where Tigrinya holds official status:^[5] Eritrea Ethiopia
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