Tigre (African people)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1075894
Library of congress:
sh2018002759
DLC:
sh2018002759
LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS:
9811805790800041
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Tigre studies in the 21st century, 2015:pages 215-216 (Təgre refers to both language & people. Some use Hāsā. Other uses of Təgre: in Amharic, it is speakers of Tigrinya; it is also used for the province of Tigray in Ethiopia.)
- Enc. Aethiopica, 2007(Təgre ethnology; also, Təgray; in the Sudan: Hāsā; speakers of Təgre in Eritrea, with a minority in the northern Sudan)
- African ethnonyms, 1996(Tigre (Eritrea, Ethiopia [sic], Sudan))
- Ethnologue, Oct. 28, 2018(Tigré, a language of Eritrea; also spoken in Sudan; tig; autonym: Tigrayit/Tigraayit)
Wikipedia description:
The Tigre people (Tigre: ትግረ, romanized: tigre and Tigre: ትግሬ, romanized: tigrē) are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. They mainly inhabit the lowlands and northern highlands of Eritrea, with a small population in Sudan.
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