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The masenqo (Amharic: ማሲንቆ; Tigrinya: ጭራ-ዋጣ (ዋጣ), also known as masinko, is a single-stringed bowed lute commonly found in the musical traditions of Eritrea and Ethiopia. [1] As with the krar, this instrument is used by Ethiopian minstrels called azmaris ("singer" in Amharic) . [2]
Tigrinya notices at an Eritrean Orthodox Church in Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Netherlands.. Tigrinya (ትግርኛ, Təgrəñña), sometimes spelled Tigrigna, is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples respectively. [3]
The Tigrinya people (Tigrinya: ትግርኛ, romanized: Təgrəñña, pronounced [tɨɡrɨɲːä] ⓘ), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya (ብሄረ ትግርኛ, bəherä Təgrəñña) or Kebessa, are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. They speak the Tigrinya language. [3] [4] There also exists a sizable Tigrinya community in the diaspora.
This is a list of ethnic groups in Ethiopia that are officially recognized by the government.It is a list taken from the 2007 Ethiopian National Census: [1] [2] Population size and percentage of Ethiopia's total population according to the 1994 and 2007 censuses follows each entry.
Tigrinya may refer to: Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic language; Tigrinya people, an ethnic group of Tigray and Eritrea; See also. Tigray (disambiguation)
Edward Ullendorff in his book The Ethiopians: An Introduction to Country and People, [4] states "Tigrigna – as the name implies – is a language of the Tigrai province. It is spoken throughout the Eritrean plateau and extends as far as lake Ashangai and the Wejerat districts, it then crosses the Takkaze westwards to the Tsellemti and Welkayt regions.
The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar, and Beja. The country's working languages are Tigrinya, Arabic, English, and formerly Italian. Tigrinya is the most widely spoken language in the country and had 2,540,000 native speakers out of the total population of 5,254,000 in 2006. [3]
Like Tigrinya, it is a member of the Ethiopian Semitic group, and is similar to ancient Ge'ez. [ 8 ] [ better source needed ] There is no known historically written form of the language. The Eritrean government uses the Ge'ez writing system (an abugida ) to publish documents in the Tigre language.