a language of Eritrea and N Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family
Tigrinya in American English
(tiˈgrinjə)
noun
a modern Ethiopic language, the direct descendant of Geez (classical Ethiopic): it is spoken by the majority of the population of Eritrea and by many people in Tigré
Word origin
< Tigré2 + əñña, modern Ethiopic suffix for forming language names