Tigrayans

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Tigrayan people (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ, romanized: Təgaru) are a Semitic-speaking Habesha ethnic group who are indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. They speak Tigrinya, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the North Ethio-Semitic language branch, and written in the Geʽez script serves as the main and one of the five official languages of Ethiopia. Tigrinya is also the main language of the Tigrinya people that live in Eritrea. According to the 2007 national census, Tigrayans numbered approximately 4,483,000 individuals, making up 6.07% of Ethiopia’s total population at the time. The vast majority of Tigrayans are adherents of Tewahedo Oriental Orthodoxy, specifically the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which has historically been the dominant religious institution in the region. However, there are small communities that follow Islam or Catholicism. In fact, Tigray is often regarded as Ethiopia's spiritual heartland, due to its association with the early Christian Kingdom of Aksum...

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