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زبان تیگره

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Also known as Tigre language

semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa

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
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different from
Tigrinya
native label
ትግሬ
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