Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Tigrinya

c. 1300 CE – today Living

Tigrinya (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Semitic → Proto-West Semitic → Proto-Ethio-Semitic → Ge'ez → Tigrinya.

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Speakers
9M (9,000,000)
ISO 639-3
tir
Glottocode
tigr1271

North Ethio-Semitic language of Eritrea and Tigray. Often drawn as a descendant of Ge'ez; many scholars treat it as a sister of Ge'ez within North Ethio-Semitic rather than a direct descendant.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  3. Proto-West Semiticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Ethio-Semiticc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  5. Ge'ezc. 100 CE – 1100 CE
  6. Tigrinyac. 1300 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Ge'ez.

Sources