The classical academic literature generally defines the Saho populations as a non-homogenous ‘ethno-linguistic’ group, found mainly in Eritrea but also in some parts of Tǝgray (Ethiopia), and the Sudan. Though the use of the Saho language is almost always considered as their major identity marker, these populations are often associated with the ‛Afar communities, with whom they would share the same geographical origins in the eastern lowlands, and transhumant animal herding tradition. However..
