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.
Aliases (2)
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 → 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
→
|