Language · Afro-Asiatic

Tigrinya

ትግርኛ – its own name

Official or co-official in 1 country. Listed in 3 countries.

Speakers (estimate)
c. 11 million
sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
Family
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Script
Ethiopic
Codes
ti · tir
Glottolog tigr1271

Where it is spoken

  • Co-official 1
  • Regional 1
  • Minority 1

Co-official

  • Eritrea 60% 3.8 million (de facto)

Regional

  • Ethiopia 6% 7.1 million

    The working language of the Tigray region.

Minority

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