Tigrinya

E41857

Tigrinya is a Semitic language spoken primarily in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, serving as a major language of communication, education, and media in the region.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tigrinya canonical 92
Tigrinya language 9
Standard Tigrinya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Semitic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Amharic
Tigre language
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb conjugation
gendered nouns
triconsonantal roots
hasNativeName ትግርኛ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
gemination contrast
ISO639-1Code ti
ISO639-2Code tir
ISO639-3Code tir
languageFamily Semitic
majorityLanguageIn Eritrea
officialStatus de facto national language of Eritrea
working language of Eritrea
primaryCountry Eritrea
Ethiopia
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Ethiopia
region Central Eritrea
Eritrean Highlands
Northern Ethiopia
linked to: Tigray region

Tigray Region
linked to: Tigray region
scriptDirection left-to-right
sharesScriptWith Amharic
Geʽez
spokenIn Eritrea
Ethiopia
Europe
Israel
Sudan
United States
subfamily Ethiopic branch
typology rich consonant inventory
root-and-pattern morphology
verb–subject–object dominant word order
usedByEthnicGroup Eritrean highlanders
Tigrayans
Tigrinya people
usedFor administration in Eritrea
education in Eritrea
local administration in northern Ethiopia
media in Eritrea
usedInDomain broadcast media in Eritrea
print media in Eritrea
religious services in the region
writingSystem Geʽez script
writingSystemType abugida

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (105)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopia recognizedLanguage Tigrinya
Ethiopian Jews language Tigrinya
Semitic languages hasLanguage Tigrinya
Eritrea officialLanguage Tigrinya
Eritrea majorEthnicGroup Tigrinya people
linked to: Tigrinya
Michael isUsedInLanguage Tigrinya
Amharic closelyRelatedTo Tigrinya
Ge'ez ancestorOf Tigrinya
Ge'ez writingSystemUsedBy Tigrinya
Tigray Region officialLanguage Tigrinya
subject linked to: Tigray region
Geʽez influenced Tigrinya
subject linked to: Geez
Geʽez writingSystemUsedFor Tigrinya
subject linked to: Geez
Geʽez script usedForLanguage Tigrinya language
linked to: Tigrinya
Bilen neighboringLanguages Tigrinya
Debub languageUsed Tigrinya
Asmara officialLanguageInUse Tigrinya
Tigre closelyRelatedTo Tigrinya
Tigre isDistinctFrom Tigrinya
Saho hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Tigrinya
Isaias Afwerki languageSpoken Tigrinya
Gash-Barka hasEthnicGroup Tigrinya
subject linked to: Gash‑Barka
Gash-Barka languageUsed Tigrinya
subject linked to: Gash‑Barka
Anseba hasLanguage Tigrinya
Kunama neighboringLanguages Tigrinya
Yonas hasLanguageUsage Tigrinya
Tigray-Tigrinya people ethnolinguisticGroup Tigrinya language
linked to: Tigrinya
Tigray-Tigrinya people traditionalLanguage Tigrinya (Geʽez script)
linked to: Tigrinya
Nara neighboringLanguages Tigrinya
Kassala languageUsed Tigrinya
ትግርኛ nameInEnglish Tigrinya
ትግርኛ hasStandardForm Standard Tigrinya
linked to: Tigrinya
ትግርኛ hasAlternativeName Tigrigna
linked to: Tigrinya
Central Eritrea languageUsed Tigrinya
Bedawiyet neighboringLanguage Tigrinya
Beni-Amir usesLanguage Tigrinya language
linked to: Tigrinya