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.

Ethiopian literature → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Silt'e language → closelyRelatedTo → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
Ethiopian Semitic → majorLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Geʽez → ancestorOf → Tigrinya ⓘ
Geʽez → writingSystemUsedBy → Tigrinya ⓘ
Ethiopian film industry → language → Tigrinya ⓘ
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → hasLanguageOfPrimarySources → Tigrinya ⓘ
Qwara language → relatedTo → Tigrinya ⓘ
Shire → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Adwa → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Wukro → primaryLanguageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Humera → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Alamata → hasOfficialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Abi Adi → hasRegionalLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Hawzen → language → Tigrinya ⓘ
Maychew → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Adigrat → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Ethiopian → maySpeak → Tigrinya ⓘ
British Military Administration in Eritrea → usedLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia → majorLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
northern Eritrea → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Eritrea
Eritrean → languageDiversityContext → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
Ethiopic Supplement → usedForLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Semitic peoples → currentlySpeak → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
Beja language → hasContactWithLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Beja language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Tigrinya ⓘ
Beja language → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Gash-Barka Region → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Government of Eritrea → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Keren → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Anseba Region → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Eritrean judiciary → usesLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Debub Region → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Maekel → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Adi Keyh → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Dekemhare → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Segeneiti → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Adi Quala → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
Senafe → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Bilen language → influencedBy → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
Bilen language → hasNeighborLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
western Eritrea → languageSpoken → Tigrinya ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Eritrea
Eritrean Liberation Front → primaryLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Endegen language → sharesFeaturesWith → Tigrinya ⓘ
Maekel Region → languageUsed → Tigrinya ⓘ
Red Sea Region → hasLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya language
Tigré → closelyRelatedTo → Tigrinya ⓘ
Saho language → hasNeighborLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Massawa → officialLanguage → Tigrinya ⓘ
Nakfa → languageOfName → Tigrinya ⓘ