Tigrinya

[ ti-green-yuh ]

noun

1. a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia.

Tigrinya

/ tɪˈɡriːnjə /

noun

1. a language of Eritrea and N Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

Example Sentences

"One of the major issues is the majority of this content is being produced, written in our local language, which is Amharic and also sometimes Afaan Oromoo and Tigrinya," says Gezahegn, explaining why it took so long to have the content identified and removed.

From BBC

But “knowing how to say your language — if you can say ‘Tigrinya’ or ‘Korean’ — that makes everybody’s jobs a million times easier.”

From Seattle Times

"I know Facebook says that it has moderators who focus on Ethiopia, who are Amharic speakers and Tigrinya speakers, but we don't know how many. And they are not even working from Ethiopia, they are working in Kenya."

From BBC

It told the BBC: "We employ staff with local knowledge and expertise and continue to develop our capabilities to catch violating content in the most widely spoken languages in the country, including Amharic, Oromo, Somali and Tigrinya."

From BBC

He also claims Facebook's content moderation in Africa, is "woefully inadequate", with too few moderators who deal with posts in key languages Amharic, Oromo and Tigrinya.

From BBC