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Tigre is the lingua franca of the multi-ethnic lowlands of western and northern Eritrea, including the northern coast. As such approximately 75% of the Western Lowlands Eritrean population speaks Tigre. Since around 1889, the Ge'ez script (Ethiopic script) has been used to write the Tigre language. Tigre speakers formerly used Arabic more ...
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The Tigrayans trace their origin to early Semitic-speaking peoples whose presence in the region may date back to at least 2000 BC. According to Edward Ullendorff, Tigrinya speakers in Eritrea Tigray, and the Amharic speaking people of Amhara are the authentic carriers of the historical and cultural tradition of ancient Abyssinia.
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The Tigre people are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. They mainly inhabit the lowlands and northern highlands of Eritrea. Not to be confused with Tigrinyas. They are related to the Biher-Tigrinya of Eritrea and to the Beja people of Sudan. They are mostly Muslims and they are distinguished from other regional peoples by the fact that they ...
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Tigray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Geʿez and to Tigré, the language of a separate people (the Tigre) inhabiting northwestern Eritrea. In Eritrea the Tigray are also sometimes called Tigrinya,
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Apr 9, 2023 · Tigre people living on the mainland converted to Islam much later, with some not converting until the 19th century. There is not a singular Tigre ethnicity; rather, they are divided along family ...
May 28, 2021 · Almost 29,000 people are displaced by fighting along the border of the Tigray and Amhara regions. 20 Apr 2024. Africa. 17 Apr 2024. Pro cyclist to compete while living in asylum hotel.
Tigrayans make up around 6% of the Ethiopia's more than 110 million people and many live outside their regional state. The government has denied that there has been ethnic profiling and said any ...
