Tigray-Tigrinya people

E116301
Semitic-speaking people ethnic group

The Tigray-Tigrinya people are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, primarily inhabiting northern Ethiopia and Eritrea and known for their ancient Christian heritage and distinctive highland culture.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Tigrinya people 19
Tigrayans 10
Eritrean people 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic-speaking people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralReligionCenter Aksum ⓘ
climateZone Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalTrait coffee ceremony ⓘ
distinctive ululation in celebrations ⓘ
highland agrarian culture ⓘ
injera-based cuisine ⓘ
rock-hewn church tradition ⓘ
strong Orthodox Christian festival cycle ⓘ
terraced mountain agriculture ⓘ
traditional wedding dances ⓘ
traditional white cotton garments with colorful borders (netela, zuria, gabi) ⓘ
dominantChurch Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
dominantDenomination Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tigrinya ⓘ
surface form: Tigrinya language

Tigrinya speakers ⓘ
heritage Geʽez ⓘ
surface form: Geʽez literary tradition

ancient Christian heritage ⓘ
monastic traditions ⓘ
rock-hewn churches of Tigray ⓘ
historicalReligion Aksumite Empire ⓘ
surface form: early Christian kingdom of Aksum
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch Ethiopian Semitic languages ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Geʽez ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
notableReligionFeature observance of numerous fast days ⓘ
pilgrimage to monasteries and churches ⓘ
veneration of saints and angels ⓘ
primaryCountry Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
primaryRegionInEritrea Central Eritrea ⓘ
surface form: Central Region (Maekel) of Eritrea

Eritrean Highlands ⓘ
Southern Region (Debub) of Eritrea ⓘ
primaryRegionInEthiopia Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Tigray Region
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Amhara people ⓘ
Gurage people ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
other Ethiopian Semitic-speaking peoples ⓘ
religiousMinority Catholicism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
scriptUsed Geʽez script ⓘ
socialStructure village-based highland communities ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture clustered village settlements ⓘ
stone-built highland houses ⓘ
traditionalCrops barley ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
teff ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
traditionalDance eskista-style shoulder dance variants ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Tigrinya ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
surface form: Tigrinya (Geʽez script)
traditionalLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalMusic kebero (drum) ⓘ
krar (lyre) ⓘ
masenqo (one-string fiddle) ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Horn of Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
Tigrinya → usedByEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Tigrinya → usedByEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Tigray region → ethnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
subject surface form: Tigray Region
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Ethiopian Empire → majorEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Tigrinya Muslims → ethnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Tigrinya Muslims → macroEthnicContext → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Habesha peoples
Eritrean Catholic Church → primaryEthnicConstituency → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean people
Nara people → neighboringGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Tigre people → neighboringGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Tigre people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Saho people → neighboringPeoples → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Amhara (commonly reported) → neighboringEthnicGroups → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Kunama people → neighboringGroups → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Anseba → hasEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Solomonic dynasty → ethnicBase → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Kassala → hasEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
ትግርኛ → spokenBy → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
ትግርኛ → belongsTo → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya culture
Eritrean Highlands → ethnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Eritrean nationalism → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Tigray People's Liberation Front → representedGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayan people
Meles Zenawi → ethnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayan
Humera → ethnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Adigrat → majorEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Northern Ethiopia → containsEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Eritrean → ethnicDiversityContext → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Semitic peoples → hasModernSubgroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Semitic peoples → hasModernSubgroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Gash-Barka Region → ethnicGroupPresent → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Anseba Region → hasEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Senafe → hasEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
western Eritrea → ethnicGroupPresent → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Eritrea
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people
Gurage people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrayans
Red Sea Region → hasEthnicGroup → Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigrinya people