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What does agame mean in Tigrinya?
Agame (Tigrinya: ዓጋመ, lit. ‘fruitful’) was a former province in northern Ethiopia.
Where is Akele Guzay?
Eritrea
Akele Guzai (Akeleguzay Eritrea) was a province in the interior of Eritrea until 1996, when the newly independent national government consolidated all provinces into six regions. The province’s estimated population was 460,000 in 1990 and had an area of 8400 km2, is mostly consisted of Tigrinya and Saho ethnic groups.
Where does the Tigrinya language come from?
Tigrinya is a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia. Tigrinya is one of the nine languages in Eritrea. It was one of Eritrea’s official languages (along with Arabic) during the short-lived federation with Ethiopia (1952-1962).
Is agame an insult?
However much the Eritrean elders warned the victorious young leaders of the EPLF, the Eritrean people reluctantly obliged and laid off their past prejudices and misgivings, including the use of the word “Agame” with all its negative connotations.
What is the difference between Tigrinya and Tigray?
Tigray, also spelled Tigrai or Tegray, also called (in Eritrea) Tigrinya, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Geʿez and to Tigré, the language of a separate people (the Tigre) inhabiting northwestern Eritrea.
How many Awraja are there in Eritrea?
Change history: 1993-05-27: At independence, Eritrea was divided into ten awraja (provinces), as listed below. No FIPS codes were assigned to the provinces. The FIPS code ER represents the whole country.
Are Tigray and Eritreans the same?
The Tigrinya people (ብሄረ ትግርኛ/ትግርኛ), also known as Tigrigna, are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. The Tigrinya people are the largest ethnic group in Eritrea, accounting for approximately 55 percent of the country’s population.