Tigrigna bhasa
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| Tigrinya | ||
|---|---|---|
| ትግርኛ tigriññā | ||
| Naam ke bole ke dhang | /tɨɡrɨɲa/ | |
| Spoken in | Eritrea, Ethiopia | |
| Region | Eritrea, Ethiopia, especially in Tigray | |
| Total speakers | 8.8 million[1] | |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Writing system | Ge'ez alphabet abugida | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in | Eritrea (working language) | |
| Regulated by | No official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | ti | |
| ISO 639-2 | tir | |
| ISO 639-3 | tir | |
| Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Tigrigna bhasa ek bhasa hae.
References[badlo | source ke badlo]
- ↑ In 2005, Ethnologue estimated a total of 4.45 million Tigrinya speakers ranging over all countries; 3.2 million in Ethiopia, 1.2 million in Eritrea, 10,000 Beta Israels in Israel (the remaining 15,000 are unaccounted for).[1] The Tigrinya ethnic group, almost entirely Tigrinya speaking, March 2007, is estimated at 3.3 million by Ethnologue, whereas other estimates indicate 4.3 million in Ethiopia (CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3.), 2.4 million in Eritrea (July 2006).[2]
Bibliography[badlo | source ke badlo]
- Amanuel Sahle (1998) Säwasäsǝw Tǝgrǝñña bǝsäfiḥ. Lawrencevill, NJ, USA: Red Sea Press. ISBN 1-56902-096-5
- Dan'el Täxlu Räda (1996, Eth. Cal.) Zäbänawi säwasəw kʷ'ankʷ'a Təgrəñña. Mäx'älä
- Rehman, Abdel. English Tigrigna Dictionary: A Dictionary of the Tigrinya Language: (Asmara) Simon Wallenberg Press. Introduction Pages to the Tigrinya Language ISBN 1-84356-006-2
- Eritrean People's Liberation Front (1985) Dictionary, English-Tigrigna-Arabic. Rome: EPLF.
- ----- (1986) Dictionary, Tigrigna-English, mesgebe qalat tigrinya englizenya. Rome: EPLF.
- Kane, Thomas L. (2000) Tigrinya-English Dictionary (2 vols). Springfield, VA: Dunwoody Press. ISBN 1-881265-68-4
- Leslau, Wolf (1941) Documents tigrigna: grammaire et textes. Paris: Libraire C. Klincksieck.
- Mason, John (Ed.) (1996) Säwasǝw Tǝgrǝñña, Tigrinya Grammar. Lawrenceville, NJ, USA: Red Sea Press. ISBN 0-932415-20-2 (ISBN 0-932415-21-0, paperback)
- Praetorius, F. (1871) Grammatik der Tigriñasprache in Abessinien. Halle. ISBN 3-487-05191-5 (1974 reprint)
- Täxästä Täxlä et al. (1989, Eth. Cal.) Mäzgäbä k'alat Təgrəñña bə-Təgrəñña. Addis Ababa: Nəgd matämiya dərəǧǧət.
- Ullendorff, E. (1985) A Tigrinya Chrestomathy. Stuttgart: F. Steiner. ISBN 3-515-04314-4
- Ze'im Girma (1983) Lǝsanä Ag’azi. Asmara: Government Printing Press.
External links[badlo | source ke badlo]
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Wikipedia, muft encyclopedia ke Tigrigna bhasa edition |
- Ethnologue entry for Tigrinya
- Tigrinya classes for children of Tigrinya-speaking immigrants in Sweden, including teaching materials.
- Tigrigna online, includes an online English-Tigrinya dictionary.
- Sites with Tigrinya text or sound files (all require a Ge'ez Unicode font such as GF Zemen Unicode).
- Asmarino: Eritrean exile site.
- Meskerem: "Eritrean opposition" website.
- Eritrean government site with links to Haddas Ertra, the daily Tigrinya newspaper in Eritrea.
- Christian recordings in Tigrinya: Global Recordings website.
- Tigrina Learning and Playing khel Board - ጸወታ ፍልጠት: It provides for playful learning of the Ge'ez script and all languages which are written with it.[3]