Editing Tigrinya language (section)

=== Gemination ===
[[Consonant length|Gemination]], the doubling of a consonantal sound, is meaningful in Tigrinya, i.e. it affects the meaning of words. While gemination plays an important role in the morphology of the Tigrinya verb, it is normally accompanied by other marks. But there is a small number of pairs of words which are only differentiable from each other by gemination, e.g. {{IPA|/kʼɐrrɐbɐ/}}, ({{gloss|he brought forth}}); {{IPA|/kʼɐrɐbɐ/}}, ({{gloss|he came closer}}). All consonants, with the exception of the [[Pharyngeal consonant|pharyngeal]] and [[glottal consonant|glottal]] ones, can be geminated.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book |last=Rehman |first=Abdel |title=English Tigrigna Dictionary: A Dictionary of the Tigrinya Language |location=Asmara |publisher=Simon Wallenberg Press |chapter=Introduction Pages to the Tigrinya Language |date=18 February 2024 |isbn=978-1-84356-006-7}}</ref>