Tigrayans are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. They speak the Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Ethiopian Semitic branch.
Tigrayans
Yohannis IV, emperor of the Ethiopian Empire (reign 1871–89)
The King Ezana's Stela in Axum, Tigray Region
The Ezana Stone records negus Ezana's conversion to Christianity, and his subjugation of various neighboring peoples, including Meroë
Tigrinya is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions.
Tigrinya notices at an Eritrean Orthodox Church, Schiebroek, Rotterdam