GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Tigrinya is spoken by about 7 million people around the world. It is a widely spoken language in Eritrea and in the northern part of Ethiopia. In Eritrea it is a working language in offices along with Arabic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nine official languages: Tigrinya, Tigre, Saho, Kunama, Rashaida, Bilen, Afar, Beni, Amir, and Nera. Most people speak Tigrinya, and the government also uses Arabic. In Eritrea most schools are government owned and free-of-charge. There are a few private schools, but only at the primary education level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tigrinya language, also spelled Tigrigna, also called Tigray or Tigrai, a Semitic language of the Tigray people of northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea. Written records include religious texts prepared by mission societies and an increasing number of textbooks and literary works.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tigrinya (ti-GRIN-yuh) is spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia in the Horn region of Africa. The Tigrinya (also referred to as Tigrean) people are decendants of early Semitic peoples who originally settled in the Horn of African about 1000 BC. Tigrinya is the primary language of the people.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are no official languages in Eritrea, rather, the 1997 Constitution established the equality of all Eritrean languages. Education at primary level is encouraged to be carried out in the mother-tongue language (see ‘other languages’ below), with English being used thereafter.