Tigrigna (ትግሪኛ)
Spoken in:	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel
Region:	Northern Africa
Total speakers:	5.1 million
Ranking:	not in top 100
Genetic classification:	Afro-Asiatic  Semitic   South    Ethiopian     North      Tigrigna
Official status
Official language of:	Eritrea
Regulated by:	--
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ti
ISO 639-2	tir
SIL	TGN

Tigrigna (or ትግሪኛ) is a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea, where it is one of several official languages, and in parts of Ethiopia and Israel. It is written in the Geez (also called Ethiopic) script.

The speakers of this language are known as Tigrawot (plural); the singular forms are Tigraway for male and Tigraweiti for female speakers.

External links

• Ethnologue on Tigrigna