Languages of the country

Eritrea

Official languages (3): Tigrinya, English, Arabic. Population (CLDR): 6.3 million.

Eritrea has no de jure official language; Tigrinya, Arabic and English are working languages.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Tigrinya ትግርኛ Co-official (de facto) 60%
English Co-official (de facto) 59%
Arabic العربية Co-official (de facto) 4.9%
Tigre ትግረ Widely used 18%
Afar Qafaraf Minority 3.6%

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