Tigrigna Language (tir)

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Also Known As: Tigrinya,Tigray,Tigrigna


Description:

Tigrinya ( ትግርኛ, tigriññā), also spelled Tigrigna, Tigrina, Tigriña, less commonly Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, is a Semitic language spoken by the Tigray-Tigrinya people in Tigray [Northern Ethiopia] and in central Eritrea (there referred to as the "Tigrinya" people), where it is one of the two dominant languages of Eritrea, and in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia (whose speakers are called "Tigray"), where it has official status, and among groups of emigrants from these regions, including some of the Beta Israel now living in Israel. Tigrinya is also spoken by the Jeberti (Muslim Tigrinya) in Eritrea. Tigrinya should not be confused with the related Tigre language, which is spoken in the lowland regions in Eritrea to the north and west of the region where Tigrinya is spoken. The earliest written example of Tigrinya is a text of local laws found in the district of Logosarda, southern Eritrea which date from the 1200s. In Eritrea, during British administration, the Ministry of information put out a weekly newspaper in Tigrinya which cost 5 cents and sold 5,000 copies weekly. At the time it was reported to be the first of its kind.

Tigrinya (along with Arabic) was one of Eritrea's official..... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Tigrigna Language Speakers

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Overview

Main Country: Ethiopia
Spoken In:

Countries: Ethiopia Regions: Africa

ISO 639-3 Code: tir

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Afro-Asiatic Group

    Semitic Group

      South Semitic Group

        Ethiopian Group

          North Ethiopian Group

            Tigrigna Language