The Bilen, or Blin, are an African ethnic group of south-central Eritrea, in and around the Keren area, and south toward Asmara, the capital city. The Bilen are agriculturalists. Their population is about 96,000. About thirty percent of their population is Christian, primarily Orthodox, while the other seventy percent are 20th century converts to Islam. Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Keren is the third largest city in Eritrea, lying north west of Asmara, with a population of around 75,000 people. ... Asmara is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 500,000 people. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, which separated from the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 5th century; Eastern Orthodoxy, which the Roman Catholic church separated from in 1054 was the church that was started by the apostles. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Islām is described as a dÄ«n, meaning way of life and/or guidance. Six articles of belief There are six basic beliefs shared by all Muslims: 1. ...

"Bilen" is also the name of their spoken dialect of Cushitic languages, part of the larger group of languages called Agaw. Sixty percent of the Christians have some understanding of Tigrinya. Seventy percent of the Muslims also use Tigré. Other spoken languages include Arabic (among the youth), Nara, and Kunama. The Cushitic languages are a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages phylum, named after the Biblical figure Cush by analogy with Semitic. ... The Agaw are a people of Ethiopia. ... Tigrigna (or ትግሪኛ) is a Semitic language spoken in Eritrea, where it is the official language, and in parts of Ethiopia and Israel. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Nara can refer to: The city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan The Nara Period of the History of Japan Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai region of central Honshu, Japan Nara is a major Manchu clan. ... Kunamas are one of the smallest ethnic group from Eritrea, they live in region of Gash-Barka. ...

Alternate names for this group and language include Bogo, Bogos, Bilayn, Bilin, Balen, Beleni, Belen, Bilein, Bileno, and North Agaw.