Tigre

E87133
Afroasiatic language Semitic language language

Tigre is a Semitic Afroasiatic language spoken primarily by the Tigre people in Eritrea and parts of Sudan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Amharic ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus recognized minority language in Eritrea ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfSpeakers Tigre people ⓘ
glottocode tigr1271 ⓘ
hasDialects Barka dialect ⓘ
Habab dialect ⓘ
Mansaʽ dialect ⓘ
Semhar dialect ⓘ
Senhit dialect ⓘ
hasISO6391Code none ⓘ
hasISO6392Code tig ⓘ
hasISO6393Code tig ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor Geʽez ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType fusional ⓘ
hasNativeName Tigré ⓘ
ትግረ ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Tigray Region

Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigrinya language ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic
languageGroup Ethiopic ⓘ
languageSubbranch South Semitic languages ⓘ
surface form: South Semitic
primaryCountry Eritrea ⓘ
region Anseba Region ⓘ
Gash-Barka Region ⓘ
Kassala ⓘ
surface form: Kassala State

Red Sea Region ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
spokenBy Christian communities ⓘ
Muslim communities ⓘ
spokenIn Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
subclassOf Eritrean language ⓘ
Ethiopic Semitic language ⓘ
usedFor local media ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Ge'ez → ancestorOf → Tigre ⓘ
subject surface form: Gash-Barka
Geez → influenced → Tigre ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Gash‑Barka → languageUsed → Tigre ⓘ
subject surface form: Gash-Barka
Ge'ez → writingSystemUsedBy → Tigre ⓘ
Geez → writingSystemUsedFor → Tigre ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez