13 ethnic groups are there in eritrea.
how many ethnic groups are there in eritrea?
13
section::::ethno-linguistic groups.:afro-asiatic communities.:semitic speakers.:rashaida.





















































the rashaida are one of eritrea's nine recognized ethnic groups. they represent around 2% of the population of eritrea. the rashaida reside in the northern coastal lowlands of eritrea and the northern eastern coasts of sudan. they are predominantly muslim and are the only ethnic group in eritrea to have arabic as their communal language, specifically the hejazi dialect. the rashaida first came to eritrea in the 19th century from the arabian coast.





















































section::::ethno-linguistic groups.:afro-asiatic communities.:cushitic speakers.





















































section::::ethno-linguistic groups.:afro-asiatic communities.:cushitic speakers.:afar.
demographics of eritrea
afghanistan seems to be in the process of becoming a melting pot, as customs specific to particular ethnic groups are becoming summarily perceived as national traits of afghanistan. the term "afghan" was originally used to refer to the pashtuns in the middle ages, and the intention behind the creation of the afghan state was originally to be a pashtun state, but later this policy changed, leading to the inclusion of non-pashtuns in the state as afghans. today in afghanistan, the development of a cultural melting pot is occurring, where different afghanistan ethnic groups are mixing together to build a new afghan ethnicity composed of preceding ethnicities in afghanistan today, ultimately replacing the old pashtun identity which stood for afghan. with the churning growth of persian, many ethnic groups, including de-tribalized pashtuns, are adopting dari persian as their new native tongue. many ethnic groups in afghanistan tolerate each other, while the hazara–pashtun conflict was notable, and often claimed as a shia-sunni conflict instead of ethnic conflict, as this conflict was carried out by the taliban. the taliban, which are mostly ethnically pashtun, have spurred anti-pashtunism across non-pashtun afghans. pashtun–tajik rivalries have lingered about, but are much milder. reasons for this antipathy are criticism of tajiks (for either their non-tribal culture or cultural rivalry in afghanistan) by pashtuns and criticism of taliban (mostly composed of pashtuns) by tajiks. there have been rivalries between pashtuns and uzbeks as well, which is likely very similar to the kyrgyzstan crisis, which pashtuns would likely take place as kyrgyz (for having a similar nomadic culture), rivaling with tajiks and uzbeks (of sedentary culture), despite all being sunni muslims.
melting pot