Eritrea is home to nine officially recognized ethnic groups: Afar, Blin, Hidareb, Kunama, Nara, Rashaida, Saho, Tigre, and Tigrinya. The country has a total of nine languages, including Eritrean Sign Language (EriSL), which is the official language for communication with the deaf community and for interpretation services—making it one sign language among nine spoken languages. EriSL is used in all schools for the deaf.

9 languages (picture)