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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Eritrea > Tigré

Tigré

A language of Eritrea

ISO 639-3: tig

Population  1,050,000 in Eritrea (2006).
Region  Also in Sudan.
Language map  Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 77
Alternate names   Khasa, Xasa
Dialects  Mansa’ (Mensa).
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, North
Language use  Used as L2 by the Tukrir.
Language development  Bible: 1988.
Writing system  Ethiopic script.
Comments  Spoken by some Beni-Amer called ‘Lobot’. Other ethnic groups are Ad Aha, Geden Sikta, Iddifer, Teroa Beit Mushe. Believed by some to be the direct linguistic descendant of Ge’ez. Incorrectly called ‘Ge’ez’ [gez]. SOV. Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Sudan

Language name   Tigré
Region  Red Sea coast between Eritrea border and Tokar.
Language map  Sudan
Alternate names  Khasa, Xasa
Dialects  Mansa’ (Mensa).
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Unseth, Peter. 2005. "Dawit Amanu'el."

Walter, Stephen L. and others. 2005. Eritrea national reading survey, September 2002.