Not to be confused with Tigre people or Tigrayans.
Tigrinya
ትግርኛ
Tigrinya wedding in Eritrea
Total population
2 million[1]–3.3 million[2]
Regions with significant populations
Eritrea
Languages
Tigrinya
Religion
Primarily Christianity 90-92%[3] (predominantly Eritrean Orthodox) Minority Islam 8-10%[4]
Related ethnic groups
Tigrayans • Tigre • Zay • Amhara • Gurage • Harari and other Ethiopian Semitic peoples
The Tigrinya people (ትግርኛ, ብሄረ ትግርኛtəgrəñña), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya, are an ethnic group native to Eritrea. They speak the Tigrinya language.[5][6] There also exists a sizable Tigrinya community in the diaspora.
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in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions....
the period of Italian Eritrea. The Tigre are closely related to the Tigrinyapeople of Eritrea, as well as the Beja (particularly the Hadendoa). There...
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tend to reside in urban areas and have intermingled with the TigrinyaPeople (Biher-Tigrinya). Sunni Islam is followed by half of the Bilen, with the other...
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shoulder movement which it shares with the shim-shim dance of the Tigrinyapeople in neighboring Eritrea. The dance is characterized by rolling and bouncing...
Tigrinya and Saho ethnic groups. Akele Guzai is home to more than three-fourths of the total Saho-speaking population in Eritrea. The Tigrinyapeople...
Amharic, spoken by the Amhara people of Ethiopia, and Tigrinya spoken by the Tigrayan people of Ethiopia and the Tigrinyapeople of Eritrea. Other Afroasiatic...
not the case with the Tigray-Tigrinyapeople of Eritrea and Tigray Region in neighbouring Ethiopia (or with the Amhara people of Ethiopia). The ancient empire...
Tigrinya: ሰንዓፈ) is a market town in southern Eritrea, on the edge of the Eritrean highlands ሶይራ. The surrounding area is inhabited by the Saho people...
nomadic and pastoralist people, related to the Tigrinya and to the Beja people. They are a predominantly Muslim nomadic people who inhabit the northern...
instead of Ethiopic characters. This article describes the grammar of Tigrinya, a South Semitic language which is spoken primarily in Eritrea and Ethiopia...
Afro-Asiatic family. Many also speak other languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya and/or Tigre. The Northern Agaw are known as Bilen The Western Agaw are...
Amhara (3.03%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.39% of the population. Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 97.14%, and 2.75% speak Amharic; the remaining...
of stars and clothing tend to be painted blue . "Healing Scroll | Tigrinyapeoples". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-12-06. Wesley, Z....
nomadic and pastoralist people, related to the Tigrinya and to the Beja people. They are a predominantly Muslim nomadic people who inhabit the northern...
spoken by the Somali people; the latter includes Amharic, spoken by the Amhara people, and Tigrinya, spoken by the Tigray-Tigrinyapeople. Together, these...
by the Somalis; the latter includes Amharic, spoken by the Amhara, and Tigrinya, spoken by the Tigrayans. Together, these four groups make up about three-quarters...
Region. It is used as an internet language for federal websites along with Tigrinya. More than 35% of Ethiopia's population are Oromo mother-tongue speakers...
attained positions of political preeminence. "The ancestors of the Tigrinyapeople". Retrieved 6 July 2023. Red Sea Citizens Cosmopolitan Society and...
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