What is habesha

[SOULSEARCHING]

I found out not all Ethiopians are habesha, what does that term mean and who are habesha?

 

[Quruxley]

Habeshas are what you get if you mix arabs and blacks. They are semitic people

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

Habeshas are what you get if you mix arabs and blacks. They are semitic people

I Googled it and it says those from the northern territory i.e tigaray and amhara use that term and it represents that they are orthodox Christians

Muslim Ethiopians fondd it offensive and don't refer themselves as habesha.

 

[Aurelian]

I found out not all Ethiopians are habesha, what does that term mean and who are habesha?

Tigray and amhara

 

[Quruxley]

I Googled it and it says those from the northern territory i.e tigaray and amhara use that term and it represents that they are orthodox.

Muslim Ethiopians fund it offensive and don't refer themselves as habesha.

Habesha identity is a pan-ethnic cultural identity claimed by mostly Tigrinya- speaking Eritreans and Tigrinya-, Amharic- and Gurage-speaking Ethiopians. The languages Tigrinya, Amharic languages belong to the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family (Habecker

 

[AbdiGeedi]

I found out not all Ethiopians are habesha, what does that term mean and who are habesha?

The difference between being an Ethiopian and being Habesha

By Magn Nyang Recently, a 22-year old young girl from Anyuak of Gambella won the beauty contest of Ms. Ethiopia. Lots of responses went out on media from Ethiopians all over the world about her win. Even though, most respondents seemed very knowledgeable about the differences between being an...

www.somalispot.com

 

[TheManWhoIsAlive]

They're basically semitic speaking people in Ethiopia.

 

[Revolutionary]

I'm pretty sure only amharas and tigrays are habesha

 

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