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Tigrinya language

Tigrinya
ትግርኛ
tigriññā
Pronunciation[tɨɡrɨɲa]
Native toEritrea, Ethiopia
RegionEritrea, Tigray Region
Native speakers
6.9 million (2006 – 2007 census)[1]
Tigrinya alphabet (Ge'ez script)
Official status
Official language in
Eritrea, Ethiopia
Language codes
ISO 639-1ti
ISO 639-2tir
ISO 639-3tir
Glottologtigr1271
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Tigrinya (sometimes written asTigrigna; /tɪˈɡriːnjə/;[2] ትግርኛ təgrəñña) is an Afroasiatic language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch. It is mostly spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. There are approximately 6,915,000 total speakers of this language. There are approximately 4,320,000 in Ethiopia and approximately 2,540,000 in Eritrea. Tigrinya is also spoken by emigrants from these regions, including some Ethiopian Jews.[3][3]

  1. ↑ Tigrinya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tigrigna". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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