Examples of Tigrinya in a Sentence
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More than half a dozen languages could be heard mixing in the crowd, including Hebrew, English, French, Russian, Arabic and Tigrinya.
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Etgar Lefkovits, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Products that might work for people in languages like English -- like Facebook -- are the equivalent of 4chan (a message board known as a safe haven for hate) in my mother tongue, Tigrinya.
—From Cnn Opinion and As Equals, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
Etgar Lefkovits, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Products that might work for people in languages like English -- like Facebook -- are the equivalent of 4chan (a message board known as a safe haven for hate) in my mother tongue, Tigrinya.
—From Cnn Opinion and As Equals, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Amharic tïgrïñña, from T ïgray Tigre, Ethiopia
First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above
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“Tigrinya.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tigrinya. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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