Tigrinya

E41857
Afroasiatic language Semitic language language

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tigrinya canonical 92
Tigrinya language 9
Standard Tigrinya 1

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 ⓘ
Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ethiopia

Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Tigray Region
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
sharesScriptWith Amharic ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
spokenIn Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subfamily Ethiopic branch ⓘ
typology rich consonant inventory ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
verb–subject–object dominant word order ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Eritrean highlanders ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
surface form: Tigrayans

Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Eritrea → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Eritrea → recognizedNationalLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Eritrea → majorEthnicGroup → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Tigrinya ⓘ
Michael → isUsedInLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Amharic → closelyRelatedTo → Tigrinya ⓘ
Ethiopian calendar → hasLanguageContext → Tigrinya ⓘ
Ge'ez → ancestorOf → Tigrinya ⓘ
Ge'ez → writingSystemUsedBy → Tigrinya ⓘ
World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigray region → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Tigray Region
Italian East Africa → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigrinya Muslims → associatedLanguageOfReligion → Tigrinya ⓘ
Geez → influenced → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Geez → writingSystemUsedFor → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Geʽez script → usedForLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
South Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Bilen → neighboringLanguages → Tigrinya ⓘ
Debub → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Asmara → officialLanguageInUse → Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigre → closelyRelatedTo → Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigre → isDistinctFrom → Tigrinya ⓘ
Saho → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Tigrinya ⓘ
Northern Red Sea Region → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Isaias Afwerki → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Southern Red Sea Region → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Gash‑Barka → hasEthnicGroup → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Gash-Barka
Gash‑Barka → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Gash-Barka
Anseba → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Kunama → neighboringLanguages → Tigrinya ⓘ
VOA Africa → languageOfBroadcast → Tigrinya ⓘ
Yonas → hasLanguageUsage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
Tigray-Tigrinya people → traditionalLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya (Geʽez script)
Nara → neighboringLanguages → Tigrinya ⓘ
Kassala → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Government of Ethiopia → operatesInLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
ትግርኛ → nameInEnglish → Tigrinya ⓘ
ትግርኛ → hasStandardForm → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Tigrinya
ትግርኛ → hasAlternativeName → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrigna
ትግርኛ → hasEthnologueEntry → Tigrinya ⓘ
Central Eritrea → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Bedawiyet → neighboringLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Beni-Amir → usesLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
East African languages → includesLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Eritrean Highlands → dominantLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ