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Habesha peoples
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Ethiopian Semitic languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominately: Oriental Orthodox Christianity Minorities: Sunni Islam, Protestant Christianity (P'ent'ay) and Judaism (Beta Israel) |
Habesha peoples (Ge'ez: ሐበሠተ; Amharic: ሐበሻ; Tigrinya: ሓበሻ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier that has been historically employed to refer to Semitic-speaking and predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian peoples found in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea between Asmara and Addis Ababa (i.e. the modern-day Amhara, Tigrayan, Tigrinya peoples) and this usage remains common today. The term is also used in varying degrees of inclusion and exclusion of other groups.
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