ISO 639-3 · tigtig
Afroasiatic family
Tigre
ትግሬ
Tigre is a language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Eritrea and Sudan. Wikidata counts about 800,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tig- Glottocode
tigr1270- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Centre point
- 10.20, 43.80
- Wikipedia
- 47 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tigre · ትግሬ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tigre language |
| All speakers | 800,000 |
| Written in | Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Tigre
The branches above Tigre, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Eritrea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 maarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingssySahoAfroasiatic · 271,1805 · DevelopingnrbNaraNilo-Saharan · 80,0006a · VigorousbynBlinAfroasiatic · 70,0005 · DevelopingkunKunamaunclassified4 · Educational