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Tigrefolket :: Tigrefolket

Object description: Tigrefolket är en etnisk grupp som huvudsakligen bor i nordvästra Eritreas lågland och i östra Sudan. De är nära besläktade med tigreaner och beja, och talar tigrespråket som tillhör den semitiska grenen av den afroasiatiska familjen.

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Tigrefolket

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Eritreans

Beskrivning, engelska

The Tigre people (Tigre: ትግረ tigre or ትግሬ tigrē) are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. They mainly inhabit the lowlands and northern highlands of Eritrea.

The Tigre are a nomadic agro-pastoralist community living in the northern, western, and coastal highlands of Eritrea (Gash-Barka, Anseba, Northern Red Sea regions of Eritrea and other regions too), as well as areas in eastern Sudan. The Tigre speak the Tigre language, which belongs to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. They are not ethnically homogeneous; diversity is mainly along familial and clan lines. The Tigre ethnic group is broken into the Beni-Amer, Beit Asgede, Ad Shaikh, Mensa, Beit Juk, and Marya peoples.

The original speakers of the Tigre language were mainly Christian, reflecting cultural exchange with neighboring Ethiopia. The first Tigre converts to Islam were those who lived on islands in the Red Sea and adopted Islam in the 7th century during the religion's earliest years. Mainland Tigre adopted Islam much later on including as late as the 19th century. During World War II, many Tigre served in the Italian Colonial army, part of the period of Italian Eritrea.

The Tigre are closely related to the Biher Tigrinya of Eritrea, as well as the Beja (particularly the Hadendoa). There are also a number of Eritreans of Tigre origin living across the Middle East, North America, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Beskrivning

Tigrefolket är en etnisk grupp som huvudsakligen bor i nordvästra Eritreas lågland och i östra Sudan. De är nära besläktade med tigreaner och beja, och talar tigrespråket som tillhör den semitiska grenen av den afroasiatiska familjen.

Etnisk grupp, tidigare benämning

Tigrefolket

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