Tigrinya Muslims

E80071

Muslim community ethnoreligious community

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.

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 fasting → extended family structures → male circumcision →
ethnicGroup	Tigrinya people →
ethnicLanguage	Tigrinya language →
historicalInfluence	Arab traders → Red Sea trade routes →
languageFamily	Semitic languages →
liturgicalLanguage	Arabic →
macroEthnicContext	Habesha peoples →
minorityStatusIn	Eritrea → Ethiopia →
neighboringGroup	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)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Islamic world →	hasEthnicGroup