Tigrinya
ትግርኛ
Tigrinya is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, and Djibouti, by about 7.5 million people.
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Tigrinya, sometimes romanized according to Italian spelling rules as Tigrigna, is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is primarily spoken by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples, native to Eritrea and to the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, respectively. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions.
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Written down
ብመንፅር ክብርን መሰልን ኩሎም ሰባት እንትውለዱ ነፃን ማዕሪን እዮም፡፡ ምስትውዓልን ሕልናን ዝተዓደሎም ብምዃኖም ንሕድሕዶም ብሕውነታዊ መንፈስ ክተሓላለዩ ኦለዎም፡፡
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Tigrinya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ኣደ | ʾadä |
| father | ኣቦ | ʾabo |
| child | ሕጻን | ḥəṣan |
| man | ሰብኣይ | säbʾay |
| woman | ሰበይቲ | säbäyti |
| name | ስም | səm |
| friend | ዓርኪ | ʿarki |
| eye | ዓይኒ | ʿayni |
| ear | እዝኒ | ʾəzni |
| nose | ኣንፈተ | ʾanfätä |
| tooth | ስኒ | səni |
| tongue | ልሳን | ləsan |
| hand | ኢድ | ʾid |
| heart | ልቢ | ləbi |
| head | ርእሲ | rəʾsi |
| blood | ደም | däm |
| skin | ቈርበት | ḳʷärbät |
| knee | ብርኪ | bərki |
| liver | ከብዲ | käbdi |
| water | ማይ | may |
| fire | ሓዊ | ḥawi |
| moon | ወርሒ | wärḥi |
| star | ኮኾብ | koxob |
| sky | ሰማይ | sämay |
| rain | ዝናብ | zənab |
| snow | ውርጪ | wərč̣i |
| wind | ንፋስ | nəfas |
| mountain | እምባ | ʾəmba |
| river | ፈለግ | fäläg |
| sea | ባሕሪ | baḥri |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- TigreAfro-Asiatic36% alike
- AmharicAfro-Asiatic32% alike
- HarariAfro-Asiatic27% alike
- Levantine ArabicAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- WolaneAfro-Asiatic24% alike
- Ta'izzi-Adeni ArabicAfro-Asiatic24% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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