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Although it differs markedly from the Geʽez (Classical Ethiopic) language, for instance in having phrasal verbs, and in using a word order that places the main verb last instead of first in the sentence, there is a strong influence of Geʽez on Tigrinya literature, especially with terms relating to Christian life, Biblical names, and so on. [4]
Tigrinya forms relative clauses by prefixing zǝ-to the perfect or imperfect form of a verb. The irregular present of the verb of existence (ኣሎ ’allo , etc.) may also take the prefix, in which case it combines with the initial ’a- to yield zä- : ዘሎ zällo 'which exists, is located', etc.
The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar, and Beja. The country's working languages are Tigrinya, Arabic, English, and formerly Italian. Tigrinya is the most widely spoken language in the country and had 2,540,000 native speakers out of the total population of 5,254,000 in 2006. [3]
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Saho is spoken natively by the Saho people.Traditionally, they inhabit the territory in Eritrea bounded by the bay of Erafayle (ዓራፋሊ) in the east, the Laacasi Gade (ላዐሲ ጋደ) valleys in the south, and the Eritrean highlands to the west (the Shimejana district on the eastern flank of the South- or Debub region in what was formerly known as Akele Guzai province).
Tigre has a lexical similarity of 71% with Ge’ez and of 64% with Tigrinya. [1] As of 1997, Tigre was spoken by approximately 800,000 Tigre people in Eritrea. [ 6 ] The Tigre mainly inhabit western Eritrea, though they also reside in the northern highlands of Eritrea and its extension into the adjacent parts of Sudan, as well as Eritrea's Red ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Tigrinya on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Tigrinya in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
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