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Eritrea is a multilingual country. The nation has '''no official language''', as the Constitution establishes the "equality of all Eritrean languages". '''Tigrinya, Arabic, and English''' serve as de facto working languages, with English used in university education and many technical fields. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Eritrea," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea#Languages, accessed 6 September 2021.</ref><br> | Eritrea is a multilingual country. The nation has '''no official language''', as the Constitution establishes the "equality of all Eritrean languages". '''Tigrinya, Arabic, and English''' serve as de facto working languages, with English used in university education and many technical fields. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Eritrea," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea#Languages, accessed 6 September 2021.</ref><br> | ||
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Description[edit | edit source]
Eritrea is a multilingual country. The nation has no official language, as the Constitution establishes the "equality of all Eritrean languages". Tigrinya, Arabic, and English serve as de facto working languages, with English used in university education and many technical fields. [1]
Eritrea has many national languages:
In terms of writing systems, Eritrea's principal orthography is Ge'ez, Latin script and Arabic script. [2]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
Tigrinya
Arabic
Tigre
Afar
Beja
Bilen or Blin
Kunama
Nara
Saho
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Tigrinya
- Tigrinya Phonology (Wikipedia)
- Tigrinya Writing system (Wikipedia)
- Tigrinya Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
- Pam, Martin David. Tigrinya phonology. New York: City University of New York, 1973. Available at: WorldCat.
Arabic
- Arabic phonology (Wikipedia)
- Arabic alphabet (Wikipedia)
- Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
Tigre
- Tigre Phonology (Wikipedia)
- Tigre Writing system (Wikipedia)
- Tigre Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
Afar
- Afar Phonology (Wikipedia)
- Afar Writing system (Wikipedia)
- Afar Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
Beja
Bilen or Blin
Kunama
Nara
Saho
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Tigrinya
- English to Tigrinya Dictionary (Glosbe)
- Tigrinya dictionary (Lexilogos)
- Elias, David L. The Tigre language of Gindaʻ, Eritrea : short grammar and texts. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
- Tadross, Andrew, and Abraham Teklu. The essential guide to Tigrinya, the language of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia. n.p.: n.p., 2015. Available at: WorldCat.
- Weldemichael, Tedros Hagos. Tigrinya dictionary & phrasebook. New York, NY: Hippocrene Books Inc., 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
- Learn Tigrinya Online (cudoo)
Arabic
- English to Arabic Dictionary (Glosbe)
- Learn Arabic in just 5 minutes (duolingo)
- Learn Arabic (ArabicPod101)
Tigre
- English to Tigre Dictionary (Glosbe)
- Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta, and David D Harnish. The Tigre Language of Ginda?, Eritrea : Short Grammar and Texts. Leiden: BRILL, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
Afar
Beja
Bilen or Blin
Kunama
Nara
Saho
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- Hailemariam, Chefena. Language and education in Eritrea : a case study of language diversity, policy and practice. Amsterdam: Aksant, 2002. Available at: WorldCat.
- Eritrea (Wikitravel)
- Eritrea: The Nara People (Modote)
- Saho Language (allsaho)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Eritrea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea#Languages, accessed 6 September 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages Eritrea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Eritrea#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20writing%20systems%2C%20Eritrea%27s%20principal%20orthography%20is%20Ge%27ez%2C%20Latin%20script%20and%20Arabic%20script., accessed 7 September 2021.