What is "tigrayans"

Tigrayans and Tigrinyas, who as a group comprise the Tigrayans in Ethiopia and Biher-Tigrinya in Eritrea, are a similar linguistic people native to the Anseba, Debub and Maekel Regions in Eritrea and the Tigray Region in Ethiopia. They make up roughly 55% of Eritrea's population numbering 3.4 million people, and 6.1% of Ethiopia's population numbering a little over 6.3 million of which approximately 96.6% are native to the Tigray Region.

Tigrayans and Tigrinyas speak Tigrinya, an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the Semitic family. They are not to be confused with the Tigre people who speak Tigre, a closely related Afro-Asiatic language.