ETHIOPIAN Manual Alphabet and New Signs

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 8, 2005

Dear SW List -
I am posting a recent message from Eyasu in Ethiopia because it is so  
fascinating!! Imagine having 233 alphabets in one country! That must  
make communication quite complicated for the people of Ethiopia! But  
I think it is great, that Eyasu attached a scan of their Manual  
Alphabet below, so we can start writing their unusual handshapes  
together, slowly one by one...Many thnks for this email, Eyasu!...You  
will find email from me on the SignWriting List, one handshape at a  
time...It may take some time, but check back regularly and we will  
accomplish the task! Val ;-)

-------------------------------

From: eyasu tamene <eyasuh at yahoo.com>
Date: July 8, 2005 5:30:51 AM PDT
To: Sutton at SignWriting.org
Subject: Ethiopian New Signs!!

Dearest Val,

Will there be any excuse for my disappearance?  I have been preparing  
for my final exam.  Infact I have been reading the site and adding  
the new signs.  Still I wonder whether they are readable. For instance -
                   Mother   G.Mother 
                 Father       G.Father 
                 Egg- 
I have got it tiresome to take a picture of Ethiopian Manual Alphabet  
thirty-three times.  Thus I have decided to Scan them and give a  
discription of them.
The numbers are the order of the alphabet.  Below I have given no's  
like V2-V7 to refer to the vowels. Totally there are around 233  
alphabets in Ethiopia. To View what Ethiopian alphabet looks like-  
http://www.tourismethiopia.org/pages/alphabet.asp

Hoping to read you soon
Eyasu




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: MOTHER.png
Type: image/png
Size: 317 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: GRAND-MOTHER.png
Type: image/png
Size: 375 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: FATHER.png
Type: image/png
Size: 321 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: GRAND-FATHER-2.png
Type: image/png
Size: 365 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment-0003.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: EGG-2.png
Type: image/png
Size: 285 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment-0004.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: EthiopianManualAlphabet.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 33853 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/sw-l/attachments/20050708/a2b7c1ac/attachment.gif>