Tigrinya (Təgrəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and in the Ethiopian
regional state of Tigray (Təgray) by about seven million people. In Eritrea it is
also working and school language and the medium of a rich literature. Here, one
can find a brief discussion of the main issues concerning the history of language
and literature, as well as the development prospects of an idiom used in a highly
troubled African territory.