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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

Tigre

Afar

Beja

Word and Number List (Wikipedia)

Bilen

Kunama

Kunama Word List (Wiktionary)

Nara

Saho

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Tigrinya

Tigre

Afar

Beja

Beja Phonology (Wikipedia)

Bilen

Kunama

Nara

Saho

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Tigrinya

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

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.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Eritrea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea#Languages, accessed 6 September 2021.

[2] 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.

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