Tigrinya

Afro-Asiatic (Semitic)9 million totalEthiopic (Fidel)

RegionEritrea/Ethiopia

FamilyAfro-Asiatic (Semitic)

Speakers9 million total

ScriptEthiopic (Fidel)

TypeAbugida

About Tigrinya

The main language of Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Written in the ancient Ethiopic script. Like Amharic, builds words from consonant-vowel characters. Keeps throat sounds inherited from ancient Semitic. One of the working languages of Eritrea.

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