<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>SignWriting List</DIV><DIV>April 5, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Eyasu Tamene from Ethiopia wrote:<DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">As you may remember for the past monthes, Stefan and me have been doing on Ethiopian Manual Alphabets(EMAs) I took so many pictures and Stefan did so many drawings. Finally we are on the way to finish our homework. I can tell you how much it is rewarding to work together with such a nice adviser, teacher, father- Stefan. </SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG style="font-weight: bold; "><FONT face="comic sans ms" color="#bf00bf"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-family: comic sans ms; font-weight: bold; ">Attached there is a pdf file which contains all the 33 EMAs. Would you please say something on it.</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dear Eyasu, Stefan, Girmachew, Johannes and SW Listers!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Today I am working on writing the Ethiopian Manual Alphabet in SignWriting, based on the excellent photos by Eyasu Tamene in Ethiopia, and Johannes Woehrmann in Germany, and based on the excellent illustrations of hands, by Stefan Woehrmann. This is an exciting project....I will be writing each handshape on the SignWriting List, then adding them to this web page:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignWriting in Ethiopia</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.signwriting.org/ethiopia">http://www.signwriting.org/ethiopia</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Plus, if the handshape does not exist in the International Movement Writing Alphabet (the IMWA), I will add that handshape to the IMWA...a big job, but a lot of fun!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here is an example of the photos with the credits of participating members in the project...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>THANK YOU, to all of you, for your hard work and dedication! Your work is a blessing...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-----------------------------</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN><IMG src="cid:7BB4CAD0-1489-4B07-8AC9-B89F23EA5C40@local"></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>