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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

ABRAHA, John; BARIAGHABER, Tesfai; BEYED, Sullus; HAMMADU, Osman; MAHMUD, Saleh; MOHAMMED, Ibrahim; TECLEMARIAM, Daniel; WEDEKIND, Charlotte; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 1997. Eritrea Dialect Survey (December 1996-May 1997) Report.

ABUSHUSH, Dawd Adem; ASHKABA, John Abraha; AWED, Sulus Beyed; DAVIS, Patricia M.; GHEBREMEDHIN, Tesfai Bariagaber; HAMMADU, Osman; HOATSON, Kristen; HOATSON, Todd; IDRIS, Saleh Mahmud; MOHAMMED, Ibrahim; OKBATSION, Solomon Berhane; OSMAN ALI, Mohammed; TEKRURAY, Daniel Teclemariam; WALTER, Stephen L., authors. 2005. Eritrea national reading survey, September 2002.

UNSETH, Peter, author. 2005. "Dawit Amanu'el."

WEDEKIND, Klaus, author. 2010. "A report on the automatic parsing of Tigre: Lots of morphology and bits of syntax."