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Language code: ti

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ti

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The table below provides technical details for the Tigrinya language, designated by the ti code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ti

Name

Official

Tigrinya

Native

ትግርኛ

Family
Semitic
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
AsmaraHamasienHababMensaSegeneitiShumaSeraye
Related languages
TigreAmharicGeʽez
Key facts
Written with the Geʽez (Ethiopic) abugidaConsonant gemination can change word meaningVerbs and pronouns mark gender in both second and third personContains ejective consonants such as qʼ and tʼEarliest surviving Tigrinya text dates to the 13th century
Sample phrase

ሰላም፣ ከመይ ኣለኻ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Tigrinya is a language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family, specifically within the Semitic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Eritrea and is also widely spoken in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The language is written in the Ge'ez script (Tigrinya alphabet). It is estimated that Tigrinya has around 9 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Ethiopia

7.4M

Eritrea

1.9M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tigrinya speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ti-ER – Tigrinya (Eritrea)

ti-ET – Tigrinya (Ethiopia)

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