Tigrinya Muslims
E80071
Tigrinya Muslims are an ethnoreligious community of Tigrinya-speaking people, primarily in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, who practice Islam and share cultural ties with the broader Islamic world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tigrinya Muslims canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim community
ⓘ
ethnoreligious community ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageOfReligion |
Arabic
ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ |
| commonBeverage |
coffee
ⓘ
tea ⓘ |
| commonFood |
injera
ⓘ
spiced stews ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| culturalIdentity | Tigrinya Muslim identity ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
Eid al-Adha celebrations
ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr celebrations ⓘ Islamic festivals ⓘ Islamic marriage customs ⓘ Ramadan ⓘ
surface form:
Ramadan fasting
extended family structures ⓘ male circumcision ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Tigray-Tigrinya people
ⓘ
surface form:
Tigrinya people
|
| ethnicLanguage | Tigrinya language ⓘ |
| historicalInfluence |
Arab traders
ⓘ
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route ⓘ
surface form:
Red Sea trade routes
|
| languageFamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| macroEthnicContext |
Tigray-Tigrinya people
ⓘ
surface form:
Habesha peoples
|
| minorityStatusIn |
Eritrea
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Afar people
ⓘ
surface form:
Afar Muslims
Tigre Muslims ⓘ |
| primaryCountry |
Eritrea
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Eritrean Highlands
ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousEducation | Quranic schools ⓘ |
| religiousInstitution | mosques ⓘ |
| sharesCuisineWith |
Eritrean cuisine
ⓘ
Ethiopian cuisine ⓘ other Tigrinya speakers ⓘ |
| sharesCultureWith |
Tigrinya Christians
ⓘ
broader Islamic world ⓘ |
| subregion | Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Geʽez script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.