Tigre people
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| Tigre | |
|---|---|
| Total population | 1.5 million |
| Regions with significant populations | Eritrea, Sudan |
| Language | Tigre |
| Religion | Islam, Eritrean Orthodox Christianity |
| Related ethnic groups | Amhara, Tigray-Tigrinya, Beja people, Gurage, Argobba, Agaw, Oromo |
The Tigre are an ethnic group of north Eritrea who speak the Tigre language.
They are a mostly Muslim nomadic people who inhabit the northern, western, and coastal lowlands of Eritrea as well as bordering areas in Sudan. The Tigre language, like the Tigrinya language, is a Semitic language with its origins mainly in Ge'ez. There is no known historically written form of the language. The Eritrean government uses the Ge'ez writing system (abugida or fidel) to publish documents in the Tigre language.
The Tigre people, language and their area should not be confused with the Tigray-Tigrinya people who live in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia and who speak Tigrinya, a closely related language.
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