Tigrign has a set of phonemes, that is, there is a set of ejective consonants and the usual seven-vowel system. The consonant /v/ occurs only in recent borrowing from European languages.
Fidelat Tigrigna ordered by shape are grouped into five categories to make it easiler to teach. The letters in a group follow similar rules and should make it easier for students to cover many letters at the same time. The set of the ejective consonants and the usual seven-vowel system and their classification in categories and groups are given below: