Tigrinya (ትግርኛ)

Tigrinya is a member of the Ethiopic branch of Semitic languages with
about 6 million speakers mainly in the Tigre region of Ethiopia and in
Central Eritrea. There are also large immigrant communities of Tigrinya
speakers in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the USA, Germany, Italy the UK, Canada
and Sweden, as well as in other countries.

Tigrinya is written with a version of the Ge’ez
script and first appeared in writing during the 13th century in a
text on the local laws for the district of Logosarda in southern Eritrea.

The Tigrinya script

Punctuation

Ethiopic punctuation

Numerals

Tigrinya numerals

Sample text in Tigrinya

Transliteration
Bəmäns̤ər kəbrən mäsälen kulom
säbat əntəwläṣu näs̤an maʿərän
əyom. Məstəwʿalen ḥəlenan zətäʿadälom
bəməxʷanom bəḥəwnätawi mänfäs
kətäḥalaläyu aläwom.

Translation (same for both texts)

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason
and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)