At this workshop for the Koore people, Kevin is training an Ethiopian colleague and an expat linguist who can continue to hold RWC workshops in Ethiopia in addition to a colleague from Tanzania.
The Koore number about 150,000 people. The government of Ethiopia introduced the language Koorete as a subject in the schools. They also delegated to the teachers the task of creating a dictionary and their efforts have resulted in 3000 words so far.
The Gospel was introduced to the Koore people and a New Testament has been completed. The dictionary will enable the church to create study materials and serve as a resource for the Old Testament.
Other purposes for the workshop include using the dictionary as a resource for the teachers to facilitate learning to read and write in Koorete. The community could use the resource to document local knowledge and to raise the image of the language among mother tongue speakers, showing that it is a ‘real’ language. Government officials in the Education and Culture Offices as well as teachers and community members are very eager to see a published dictionary in Koorete. The government officials provided the personnel to serve as participants in this workshop.
Anita Warfel
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