Tigrinya
Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea
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Summary
Tigrinya is a language[1]. Tigrinya ranks in the top 0.39% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,096 views/month, #22 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ethiopia[3], Eritrea[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Ethiopian Semitic[6], Semitic[7]
- Writing system: Geʽez script[8]
- Commons category: Tigrinya language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: ti[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tigrinya language[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5,800,000[12], 7,507,780[13], 152,000[14]
- Native label: ትግርኛ[15]
- Different from: Tigre[16]
- Indigenous to: Eritrea[17], Afar Region[18], Amhara Region[19], Tigray Region[20]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TIR[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[22]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[23], fusional language[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[25]
Why It Matters
Tigrinya has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Tigrinya is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]