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EntityQ34129· pop 47· linked from 282 articles

Also known as Tigre language

Sprache

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Within Vinony's link graph, Tigre is referenced by 282 other articles, and connects out to Ethiopian Semitic, Ge'ez and Geʽez script.

Vinony files it under ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue, Language articles citing Ethnologue 27 and Language articles citing Ethnologue 28.

Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Native to
Eritrea , Sudan
Region
Anseba , Gash-Barka , Northern Red Sea , Red Sea State
Ethnicity
Tigre
Native speakers
1 million (2022–2024)
Language family
Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic North Tigre
Dialects
Mansa (Mensa), Habab, Beni-Amir, Semhar, Algeden, Senhit (Ad-Tekleis, Ad-Temariam, Bet-Juk, Marya Kayah)
Writing system
Geʽez script (Tigre abugida), Arabic script
Recognised minority language in
Eritrea , Sudan
Iso 639 2
tig
Iso 639 3
tig
Glottolog
tigr1270

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Country
Sudan
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topic's main category
Category:Tigre language
writing system
Geʽez script
number of speakers, writers, or signers
800000
linguistic typology
subject–object–verb
indigenous to
Kassala
P10369
apple
different from
Tigrinya
native label
ትግሬ
Sources (7)

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Article · Deutsch

Tigre (auch: Tigré, in äthiopischer Schrift ትግረ Tigre oder ትግሬ Tigrē; in Sudan ኻሳ Xasa, arabisch الخاصية al-ḫāṣiyah) ist eine semitische Sprache, die dem Altäthiopischen und dem Tigrinya sehr nahesteht. Sie wird von etwa 800.000 Menschen, überwiegend Tigre, (Stand von 1997) vor allem in Eritrea, aber auch im Sudan gesprochen.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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