Tigray people
| ተጋሩ (Tigrinya) | |
|---|---|
The Tigrayan ethnic flag
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Ethiopia
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6,500,000 |
 Canada
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10,220 |
 United Kingdom
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12,400 |
 Australia
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2,794 |
| Languages | |
| Tigrinya | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodox) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Tigrayans (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ?, Tägaru; Amharic: ትግሬ?, Tɘgre) are an ethnolinguistic group who speak the Tigrinya language. They occupy most parts of the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Most are followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. They make up roughly 6.1% of Ethiopia's population numbering a little over 6.3 million of which approximately 96.6% are native to the Tigray Region.
Ethnolinguistically, Tigrayans are related to the Tigrinyas of Eritrea, both of whom speak Tigrinya, an Ethiopian Semitic language belonging to the Afroasiatic family. They are not to be confused with the Tigre people who speak Tigre, a closely related Afro-Asiatic language.
The Tigrayans in Ethiopia, they are referred to as simply Tägaru in Tigrinya, and Tɘgre in Amharic. Tigray-Tigrinyas of Muslim faith are commonly referred to as the Jeberti people. Historically, the people who live in the highlands found between Red Sea and Tekezé River were referred as Tigré people by foreign scholars who traveled in the region like James Bruce and Henry Salt.
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