| Country | Speakers | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 2540000 | |
| Ethiopia | 3, 220, 000 | (1994 census). 2, 819, 755 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 5, 791, 710. Ethnic population: 3, 284, 568. Tigray Province. Also in Canada, Djibouti, Eritrea, Germany, Israel. Alternate names: Tigray, Tigrinya. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, North |