OLPC Ethiopia

2007 status: green
green

The following is copied from the Ethiopian Millenium Gift Project page, which is an affilated project of this page.

Which language or languages are to be used?

Which language or languages are to be used? There are about 81 languages presently spoken in Ethiopia, but we are not going to target all of them. Though there are many factors that are going to decide which languages are going to be available for the Ethiopian millennium, the number of volunteers committing to the project will be the deciding factor. Everyone should have the chance to work on his/her own language. These are the 10 languages with the most speakers:

  1. Amharic
  2. Afan Oromo
  3. Tigrawi
  4. Somali
  5. Guragie
  6. Sidama
  7. Welayta (and related languages)
  8. Afar
  9. Hadiyya (and related languages)
 10. Kafa (and related languages).

A realistic goal for the millennium would be a complete Amharic version and partially complete Afan Oromo, and Tigrawi versions.

Do they all use the Ethiopic script? Except Afan Oromo, which has officially been using the Latin script since 1991, all languages use the Ethiopic script, but my guess is there will be people who would like to contribute to an Afan Oromo Ethiopic version too. We will see. If the tools are provided, the volunteers will show which direction the project will go.--Teferra 13:41, 27 May 2006 (EDT)