Ethiopian Sign Language

My name is Woinshet Girma Ayansa. I am Deaf, and I am an Ethiopian citizen. I studied both bachelor and master degree in Linguistics /Ethiopian Sign Language/ in Addis Ababa University. In addition, I have been conducting my PhD dissertation entitled “Description of Lexical Semantic Relations in Ethiopia Sign Language: Implications for Sign Language Dictionary Making” in Addis Ababa University since 2016. This application is prepared by linguistics department, African Sign Language unit of Netherlands Leiden University. The application which is primarily prepared for beginners consists of 460 Ethiopian Sign Language, and it is sponsored by Aspasia Grant, Leiden University Netherlands. Being Deaf, I use these sign languages in my day to day interactions with other Deaf people and the language users in general. Furthermore, while conducting my research, I have witnessed Deaf people in my surrounding and elsewhere in the study settings using the aforementioned sign languages in their daily communications in Ethiopia.

The EthSL app is an initiative of the HANDS! Lab for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies at Leiden University, as part of the Language Socialization in Deaf Families project funded by the Leiden University Fund.

The EthSL app was developed by Leslie Okyere, a deaf software developer.

The app is completely free!

Share this EthSL app with your friends, families, and loves ones.

This app can run on both phone and tablet touch devices.

Note: This EthSL App does not require internet. It is completely offline use.

Note: If you are a hearing person, there is no sound with this application.

Note: You must have available or enough memory (space) on your SD card to download the EthSL app.

CONTACT US:

Comments, questions, feedback, or support, please contact us at v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl or ljoe03709@gmail.com