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- The Tigre language is a Semitic language closely related to Tigrinya, with roots in the ancient Ge’ez script. Its unique writing system, the Ge’ez script, is an abugida, where each character represents a consonant-vowel combination.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Tigrinya is a Semitic language; it is from the same language family as Tigre, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic and Maltese. It is spoken by 7 million people around the world and is most widely spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia.
4 days ago · Historically linked to the peninsular homeland of Old South Arabian, of which only one language, Razihi, remains, Ethiopia and Eritrea contain a substantial number of Semitic languages; the most widely spoken are Amharic in Ethiopia, Tigre in Eritrea, and Tigrinya in both. Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia.
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Although I don't think it's impossible, it seems unlikely to me that Tigrinya was derived from a sister language. According to Hetzron, the Tigre/Tigrinya third person feminine suffix has a more conservative form. Instead of Tigre -ሀን/Tiginya -አን, Ge'ez has -ሆን.
4 days ago · The Tigre, who constitute nearly one-third of Eritrea’s population, speak the other major Eritrean language—Tigré. Tigré and Tigrinya are written in the same script and are both related to the ancient Semitic Geʿez language, but they are mutually unintelligible.
5 days ago · The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian ), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. [2] .
3 days ago · Tigrinya, a Semitic language, is closely related to other languages such as Amharic, Tigre, and Geʿez. Its close association with these languages can be attributed to historical and cultural interactions within the region.
