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Tigrayans (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. [5] [6] [7] They speak the Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Ethiopian Semitic branch. The daily life of Tigrayans is highly influenced by religious concepts.
Ethiopia's population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups. Most people in Ethiopia speak Afro-Asiatic languages, mainly of the Cushitic and Semitic branches. The former includes the Oromo and Somali, and the latter includes the Amhara and Tigray. Together these four groups make up three-quarters of the population.
The Tigray Region [A] (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) [B] is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is the fifth-largest by area, the fourth-most populous, and the fifth-most densely ...
Multiple linguistic and ethnic maps supporting the population's majority Tigrayan ethnicity. [7] Donald Levine, an American professor who recognizes Welkait as Tigrayan. 19th-century ethnic map from Ghent University, Belgium, depicting northern Ethiopia. In this map, Welkait is identified as ethnically Tigrayan.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against ethnic Tigrayans during a ...
Widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have ...
The ethnic make up of the region is widely disputed. This question was intensified with its incorporation into the Tigray region. According to a demographic analysis done by the Derg regime about the population of the larger Begmeder province, the population of Welkait in 1984 was 221,692 residents.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region amount to war The post Rights groups charge ‘ethnic cleansing’ in ...