Tigrinya language

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:branch gptkb:South_Semitic_languages
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Tigre_language
gptkb:Amharic_language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Ge'ez_language
gptkbp:directionA left-to-right
gptkbp:gender yes
gptkbp:glottologCode tigr1271
gptkbp:hasCaseMarkers yes
gptkbp:hasCaseSystem yes
gptkbp:hasDefiniteArticle no
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Akele_Guzai_dialect
gptkb:Seraye_dialect
Asmara dialect
gptkbp:hasIndefiniteArticle no
gptkbp:hasLetter 32 base characters
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:hasNounClasses no
gptkbp:hasPhonology employs ejective consonants
gptkbp:hasPostpositions no
gptkbp:hasPrepositions yes
gptkbp:hasVerbConjugation yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tigrinya language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code ti
gptkbp:ISO639-3 tir
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afro-Asiatic_languages
gptkbp:languageOfName none
gptkbp:languageStatus developing
gptkbp:linguisticTypology fusional language
gptkbp:minorityIn gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkbp:number singular and plural
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers approximately 7 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Eritrea
gptkbp:recordedAt 13th century
gptkbp:region gptkb:Horn_of_Africa
gptkbp:script gptkb:Ge'ez_script
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Eritrea
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Semitic_languages
gptkbp:supportsLanguage tir
gptkbp:unicodeBlock Ethiopic
gptkbp:usedFor education in Eritrea
government in Eritrea
media in Eritrea
gptkbp:vowelSystem 7 vowels
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:abugida
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jenny
gptkb:Proto-Semitic_language
gptkb:Ethiopic_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6