^根據Ethnologue在2005年的紀錄,當時蒂格里亞語在所有國家的語言人口合共445萬人:當中320萬在衣索比亞,120萬在厄利垂亞,1萬貝塔以色列在以色列(餘下的15,000人未知)[1] (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) The Tigrinya ethnic group, almost entirely Tigrinya speaking[來源請求], is estimated at 3.3 million by Ethnologue, whereas other estimates indicate 4.3 million in Ethiopia (CSA 2005 National Statistics網際網路檔案館的存檔,存檔日期2006-11-23., Table B.3.), 2.4 million in Eritrea (July 2006).[2] (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館)
^Ministry of Information (1944) The First to be Freed - The record of British military administration in Eritrea and Somalia, 1941-1943. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.
Rehman, Abdel. English Tigrigna Dictionary: A Dictionary of the Tigrinya Language: (Asmara) Simon Wallenberg Press. Introduction Pages to the Tigrinya Language ISBN 1-84356-006-2
Eritrean People's Liberation Front (1985) Dictionary, English-Tigrigna-Arabic. Rome: EPLF.