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==Dialects== There are several dialects of Tigre, some of them are; Mansa’ (Mensa), Habab, Barka, Semhar, Algeden, Senhit (Ad-Tekleis, Ad-Temariam, Bet-Juk, Marya Kayah) and [[Dahalik language|Dahalik]], which is spoken in the [[Dahlak Archipelago]]. Intelligibility between the dialects is above 91% (except Dahalik), where intelligibility between Dahalik and the other dialects is between 24% and 51%.<ref name=e27>{{e27|tig}}</ref> Tigre speakers in Sudan also call the language "hāsā".<ref name=":0" /> However the term 'Hasa', and in other variations of names such as 'Xasa' or 'Khasa' is considered pejorative by the Tigre.<ref name=e27/>
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