2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on selecting the writing system and making the texts for Basketo native speaker
| Project/Area Number |
23520510
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Yamaguchi University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIDEYUKI Inui 山口大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (10241754)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | エチオピア / 少数言語 / バスケト語 / 母語話者 / 教材作成 |
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| Research Abstract |
Basketo is one of minority languages spoken in the South Western part of Ethiopia and belonging to the West Ometo group of the Omotic branch. There is no writing system in Basketo. The study aims to select the writing system and establish the orthography for Basketo native speaker and to make the texts for them.
Using the roman writing system, we made the texts of letters, words, conversation, sentences and grammar.
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