Tigrinya
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Language Information
Tigrinya is spoken in Eritrea, where it is one of the main working languages, and in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Large communities also live in Sudan, Europe, and North America.
Tigrinya is an Ethiopic Semitic language closely related to Tigre and Amharic and descended from Ge'ez. It has about 9 to 10 million speakers and is written in the Ge'ez script. The oldest known text in Tigrinya dates from the 13th century.
Tigrinya is an Ethiopic Semitic language closely related to Tigre and Amharic and descended from Ge'ez. It has about 9 to 10 million speakers and is written in the Ge'ez script. The oldest known text in Tigrinya dates from the 13th century.
Tigrinya is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic)
- Subgroup
- Semitic
- Branch
- Ethiopic
Tigrinya Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Tigrigna
ብመንፅር ክብርን መሰልን ኩሎም ሰባት እንትውለዱ ነፃን ማዕሪን እዮም፡፡ ምስትውዓልን ሕልናን ዝተዓደሎም ብምዃኖም ንሕድሕዶም ብሕውነታዊ መንፈስ ክተሓላለዩ ኦለዎም፡፡English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights