Mankind needs a system of symbol to communicate with his environment and the rest of the world. Mankind is, however, can communicate through body-language. The overall system of communication is referred to as ‘language’.
Language is a human system of communication that uses arbitrary signals, such as voice, sounds, gestures, or written symbols. But in fact, language is far too complicated, intriguing, and mysterious to be adequately explained by a brief definition. We use language in many different ways and purposes. For instance, we write out things, speak to people, and sign papers symbolically. The usage of language is tremendous. At the workplace, schools, markets, and many other sectors, are among the many things that language is heavily employed. By the means of it, people find a common ground to work together.
Language is also characterized by logic and the complexity that emanates from it. We use language to reason out things. In this manner, logic is primarily concerned. The purpose of logic is to improve our critical thinking, to recognize, construct, analyze, and evaluate arguments. As of this, we can categorize languages as scientific and nonscientific. For example, English language has alphabets and syntax rules that make the language very scientific and easy to study. On the other hand, nonscientific languages like Chinese language are traditional and do not have alphabets.
In Eritrea, there are nine ethnic groups, most of whom speak their languages thought to be originated from the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. The Semitic languages in Eritrea are Tigre, Tigrinya, the newly-recognized Dahlik, and Arabic (spoken natively by the Rashaida Arabs). Other Afro-Asiatic languages belonging to the Cushitic branch are also widely spoken in the country.[1] Each nationalities use their own language as medium of instruction at elementary schools, and Tigrinya is not an exception. However, English is the medium of instruction