Languages of Eritrea

The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre and Standard Arabic. Linguistic demography is uncertain due to a lack of reliable official statistics. SIL Ethnologue estimates that there are 2.5 million primary speakers of Tigrinya, and 1.0 million primary speakers of Tigre as of 2006, corresponding to about 50% and 20% of total residents, respectively. The remaining residents primarily speak other languages from the Afro-Asiatic family, with a minority speaking Nilo-Saharan or Indo-European languages.

Languages of Eritrea

The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre and Standard Arabic. Linguistic demography is uncertain due to a lack of reliable official statistics. SIL Ethnologue estimates that there are 2.5 million primary speakers of Tigrinya, and 1.0 million primary speakers of Tigre as of 2006, corresponding to about 50% and 20% of total residents, respectively. The remaining residents primarily speak other languages from the Afro-Asiatic family, with a minority speaking Nilo-Saharan or Indo-European languages.