Ethiopia
From AASL
Name of the country/area | Ethiopia |
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Formal name of the country/area | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Ethiopia"
Illustrations in the literature
"Ethiopia" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 92.)
Spoken languages
Amharic
English
Sign languages
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
- The population of the signers of Ethiopian Sign Language: 1,000,000 (2005). (Ethnologue, 16th Edition)
- The National Government’s official number of Deaf people : approx 250,000. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (WFD member)
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Bibliography
World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Southern and Eastern Africa (WFD RSESA). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.
Lasonen, Johanna, Raija Kemppainen and Kolawole Raheem. 2005. Education and training in Ethiopia: An evaluation of approaching EFA goals. Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Thune, F. 2003. HIV/AIDS and Disability. HIV/AIDS training sessions for 797 members of the Ethiopian National Association of Deaf People, In : Zeitschrift Behinderung und Dritte Welt. 14: 55–58.
Markku, Sassi. 1997. Special Teacher Diploma Course for the Teachers of the Deaf in Ethiopia and Eritrea. In: Kokkala, Heikki. ed. Providing Special Education For Those Who Need It In Developing Countries. Helsinki: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 140–47.
Abeba, Hagos. 1996. Academic barriers to the hearing impaired students. Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Joensuu.
1996. Ethiopia : FINNIDA support to special education in Ethiopia Phase :1994-1998 Report of mid-term review Helsinki : Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Dept. for International Development Co-operation.
Taye, Kibra. 1993. Life within deafness (a poem from Ethiopia). In: Garretson, M. D. ed. Deafness: 1993–2013. A Deaf American monograph. volume 43, p. 32. Silver Spring, Maryland : National Association of the Deaf.
Chernet, Demere. Working on a Sign Language Dictionary by Makanissa School for the Deaf. 1992. In: Finnish Association of the Deaf ed. East African sign language seminar, Debre Zeit, Ethoipia, August 10-16,1990. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf. Working on a Sign Language Dictionary by Makanissa School for the Deaf. 86.
Mariam, Zerihun Haile. 1992. Country Report (Ethiopia). In: Finnish Association of the Deaf ed. East African sign language seminar, Debre Zeit, Ethoipia, August 10-16,1990. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf. 56-57.
1992. Country Report (Ethiopia). In: Finnish Association of the Deaf ed. East African sign language seminar, Debre Zeit, Ethoipia, August 10-16,1990. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf. 51-55.
Admasu, Awlachew and Teklehaimanot Derso. 1991-1992. News form Ethiopia : Deaf people communicating with professionals. In : Partnership between Deaf people and professionals : Proceedings of a conference held 27 Jul-2 Aug. 1991 at the Grand Hotel Verdala, Rabat, Malta, reprinted in Signpostsummer 1992. 84-88.
Gebre–Michael H. 1983. A study of adult men and women with impaired hearing and their mutual aid society in Addis Ababa. Senior essay, Dept Sociology, Addis Ababa University.
Derso, Tekle Haimanot. 1981. The development of gestural communication in Ethiopia. In: Bulgarian Deaf Union ed., The deaf people in modern society: proceedings of the 8th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf. Varna, June 20-27, 1979. Varna, Bulgaria. 350-353.
Gessese K. 1970. A study of the history of deaf schools in Addis Ababa. Haile Sellassie I University.
Heffner, Edna Spencer. 1951. The deaf and the hard of hearing in Ethiopia. In : Volta Review. 53 (7) 310.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Ethiopia
Notes
Africa (general) | Africa (general) |
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North Africa | Algeria | Egypt | Libya | Morocco | Tunisia |
West Africa | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cote d'Ivoire | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo |
Island states in the Atlantic Ocean | Cape Verde | Sao Tome and Principe |
Central Africa | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Republic of the Congo | Rwanda |
East Africa | Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda |
Southern Africa | Angola | Botswana | Lesotho | Malawi | Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Swaziland | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Island states in the Indian Ocean | Comoros | Madagascar | Mauritius | Seychelles |
Areas and others | Western Sahara |