Tigrinya

Also known as Tigrinya language, Tigrigna, Tigrinya alphabet, Tigrinja

Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Tigrinya is a Semitic language spoken by millions of people in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It matters because it serves as a primary means of communication and cultural expression for communities in the Horn of Africa region.

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Commons category: Tigrinya language
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 152000
native label: ትግርኛ
Wikimedia language code: ti
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TIR
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Tigrinya notices at an Eritrean Orthodox Church in Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 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 diaspora of these regions.

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