http://thelanguagechronicle.com/learning-the-geez-alphabet/ Guiding Your Journey Through the World of Languages Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:14:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thelanguagechronicle.com/learning-the-geez-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-24970 Dr Bernard Leeman Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:24:57 +0000 http://thelanguagechronicle.com/learning-the-geez-alphabet/#comment-24970 I taught the Ge'ez alphabet in a London high school in 2002-3 as part of Religious Education so students could read parts of the Kebra Nagast. The Amharic alphabet contains more letters. An artist drew me pictures of the "A" sounds of the Ge'ez letters, for example BA was a picture of a BAr being bent and KA was represented by a person bowing in KArate, TA was a TArantula, ZA a traditional ZAmbian dancer, RA a RAttle snake etc. There is a very good course named "Teach Yourself Colloquial Amharic" by London University's David Appleyard. I am making a audio-visual Ge'ez course in Ethiopia for Rastafarian studies, high schools, and the Queen of Sheba Univeristy Master's degree in Biblical History and Archaeology. I hope to finish in June 2010. I taught the Ge’ez alphabet in a London high school in 2002-3 as part of Religious Education so students could read parts of the Kebra Nagast. The Amharic alphabet contains more letters. An artist drew me pictures of the “A” sounds of the Ge’ez letters, for example BA was a picture of a BAr being bent and KA was represented by a person bowing in KArate, TA was a TArantula, ZA a traditional ZAmbian dancer, RA a RAttle snake etc. There is a very good course named “Teach Yourself Colloquial Amharic” by London University’s David Appleyard. I am making a audio-visual Ge’ez course in Ethiopia for Rastafarian studies, high schools, and the Queen of Sheba Univeristy Master’s degree in Biblical History and Archaeology. I hope to finish in June 2010.

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