Tigre (African people)

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Name (Hebrew)
טיגרה (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Tigre (African people)
Other forms of name
Hāsā (African people)
Tegray (African people)
Tegre (African people)
Tigraayit (African people)
Tigrayit (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Eritrea
Ethnology Sudan
MARC
MARC
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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