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Tigrinya language

Tigrinya, sometimes romanized according to Italian spelling rules 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 to the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, respectively. It is also spoken by the global…

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Ethnicity
Tigrayans Tigrinya
Glottolog
tigr1271
ISO 639-1
ti
ISO 639-2
tir
ISO 639-3
tir
Language family
SemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya · West SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya · South SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya · EthiopicNorthTigrinya · NorthTigrinya

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Tigrinya language

Nodes92
Edges91
Triples50
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021739
Components1

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Tigrinya language

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related to Speakers · 30
Tigrinya language → Amharic, Bəher, Bəher-Təgrəñña, Canada, Denmark, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ge'ez, Germany, In Australia, In Eritrea, In Ethiopia, Israel, It, Italy, Oromo, Saudi Arabia, Somali, Special Broadcasting Service, Sudan
Language family · 6
Tigrinya language → EthiopicNorthTigrinya, NorthTigrinya, SemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya, South SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya, Tigrinya, West SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya
Ethnicity · 1
Tigrinya language → Tigrayans Tigrinya
Glottolog · 1
Tigrinya language → tigr1271
ISO 639-1 · 1
Tigrinya language → ti
ISO 639-2 · 1
Tigrinya language → tir
ISO 639-3 · 1
Tigrinya language → tir
Native speakers · 1
Tigrinya language → 9.9 million (2022–2023)
Native to · 1
Tigrinya language → Eritrea, Ethiopia
Official language in · 1
Tigrinya language → Eritrea Ethiopia

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tigrinya language semitic verb ethiopian languages eritrea symbols also verbs amharic ge'ez system suffixes example consonants within vowel ethiopia gemination

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Tigrinya languageEthnicityTigrayans Tigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageGlottologtigr12711.00infobox
Tigrinya languageISO 639-1ti1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageISO 639-2tir1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageISO 639-3tir1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageLanguage familySemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageLanguage familyWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageLanguage familySouth SemiticEthiopicNorthTigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageLanguage familyEthiopicNorthTigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageLanguage familyNorthTigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageLanguage familyTigrinya1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageNative speakers9.9 million (2022–2023)1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageNative toEritrea, Ethiopia1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageOfficial language inEritrea Ethiopia1.00infobox
Tigrinya languagePronunciation[tɨɡrɨɲːä] ⓘ1.00infobox
Tigrinya languageWriting systemGeʽez script (Tigrinya abugida)1.00infobox

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