I hope that my humble participation with this article gets its way to be posted in your honorable site. The issue of language is a very controversial one in Eritrean society. If any nationality or ethnic group tries to impose its own language directly or indirectly as what Gimbar is doing starting from Nihnan Alaman passing by the period of struggle for liberation till now, the result will be dissatisfaction of all the other nationalities or ethnic groups. This will definitely lead to a civil war sooner or later. The fact, which should be taken into consideration by Tigrinia speakers when it comes to language, is that it is the right of the concerned people to decide.
Nobody has the right to decide for others.
Tigrinia speakers have the right to decide which language to use for themselves and let the other nationalities or ethnic groups decide for themselves. Then comes the consolidated decision on the issue of official language or languages for the whole society depending on the interests and aspirations of all not of some. It should be clear to everybody that there is no one language in Eritrea which represents the whole population or even the majority of it. Had there been such a language there would have been no problem. It is because of the lack of such a language that the issue of official language becomes critical.