Tigre language

Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa Tigreትግሬ (Təgré), ትግራይት (Tigrayit)Native toEritrea, SudanRegionAnseba, Gash-Barka, Northern Red Sea, Red Sea StateEthnicityTigreNative speakers1 million (2022–2024)Language familyAfro-Asiatic SemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthio-SemiticNorthTigreDialectsMansa (Mensa), Habab, Beni-Amir, Semhar, Algeden, Senhit (Ad-Tekleis, Ad-Temariam, Bet-Juk, Marya Kayah)Writing systemGeʽez script (Tigre abugida)Arabic scriptOfficial statusRecognised minoritylanguage inEritrea SudanLanguage codesISO 639-2tigISO 639-3tigGlottologtigr1270This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Tigre (ትግሬ, Təgré), also known as Tigrayit (ትግራይት), is an Ethio-Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa, primarily by the Tigre people of Eritrea. It is believed to be the most closely related living language to Ge'ez, which is still in use as the liturgical language of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Tigre has a lexical similarity of 71% with Ge’ez and