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Tigre [2 records]

Record 1 2021-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A region of northern Ethiopia bordering on Eritrea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Région du nord de l'Éthiopie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Región del norte de Etiopía.

OBS

Tigré: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "Tigré", no "Tigray", es el nombre recomendado en español de la región situada al norte de Etiopía.

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Record 2 2014-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
OBS

A Semitic language spoken by the northern Tigre, people living in the eastern and western lowlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia. It is closely related to the ancient Ge'ez language and its modern descendant Tigrinya. Tigré serves as a second language for many neighboring Hamitic and Sudanese peoples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
OBS

Langue sémitique du groupe éthiopien proche du tigrina parlée par les Tigrés, groupe ethnique vivant dans les plaines du nord-est de l'Érythrée, une province du nord de l'Éthiopie sur la mer Rouge.

Spanish

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