Tigre people

The Tigre people are an ethnic group of Eritrea. The Tigre traditionally inhabited the lowlands and northern highlands.


Language
Dialects
There are several dialects (variants) of Tigre. They include Mansa’ (Mensa), Habab, Barka, Semhar, Algeden, Senhit (Ad-Tekleis, Ad-Temariam, Bet-Juk, Marya Kayah, Maria Tselam) and Dahalik, which is spoken in Dahlak archipelago.
Clothing
The Tigre wore traditional clothing. Tigre women wore clothing with traditional tibeb patterns. Clothing was woven on hand looms.

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Further reading

Category:Ethnic groups