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Tigrinya
ትግርኛ (Təgrəñña)
Pronunciation[tɨɡrɨɲːa]
Native toEritrea, Ethiopia
EthnicityTigrayans
Tigrinya
Native speakers
9.7 million (2022)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Semitic
    • West Semitic
      • South Semitic
        • Ethiopic
          • North
            • Tigrinya
Writing system
Geʽez script (Tigrinya alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
Tigrinya language Eritrea
Tigrinya language Ethiopia
Language codes
ISO 639-1ti
ISO 639-2tir
ISO 639-3tir
Glottologtigr1271
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Tigrinya notices at an Eritrean Orthodox Church, Schiebroek, Rotterdam

Tigrinya (ትግርኛ, Təgrəñña; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethiopian Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples.[2] It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions.

  1. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2024). "Tigrinya". Ethnologue, 27th ed. SIL International. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Tigrinya language". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 6 March 2024.

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