Education Attended

Awards/Recognitions

1) Certificate of Higher Contribution in Linguistic Research; Awarded by the Academy of Ethiopian Languages, (1993).

2) Certificate of Higher Contribution in Linguistic Research; Awarded by the Academy of Ethiopian Languages, (1989).

Address

Academy of Ethiopian Languages and  Cultures

PO Box: 1176

Addis Ababa

Mobile: 251-911706898

Email: gebrebiz@yahoo.com

Lexicography, Terminology, Translation, Linguistic Description, Orthography Studies, Contrastive Analysis, and Sociolinguistics

Publications

(2019b). English-Amharic Science and Technology Terms Translation Project, (Unpublished), participating as a member of one of the terminology and translation teams and as one of the reviewers, Ethiopian Academy of Science (EAS).

(2019a). የአማርኛና አዊኛ ቋንቋዎች ንጽጽራዊ ትንተና፡– አዊኛን እንደ ሁለተኛ ቋንቋ ለመማር/ለማስተማር (Contrastive Analysis of Amharic and Awingi Languages: to Learn/Teach Awingi as a Second Language). (Unpublished). Academy of Ethiopian Languages and Cultures, AAU.

(2018c). የዛይኛ ቋንቋ ስርዓተ ጽህፈት ዝግጅት፡– የመጀመርያ ደረጃ ፕሮፖዛል (The Orthography of Zay Language: First Stage Proposal). In Zena-Lissan, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, pp68-95.

(2018b). የአዊኛና አማርኛ ቋንቋዎች ንጽጽራዊ ትንተና፡– አማርኛን እንደ ሁለተኛ ቋንቋ ለመማር/ለማስተማር (Contrastive Analysis of Awingi and Amharic Languages: to Learn/Teach Amharic as a Second Language). Addis Ababa: EM Printing and Packing PLC.

(2018a). Borrowing in Shinasha, 1^st International Conference on Omotic Studies, Wolaytta Soda, 25-26 January 2018.

(2016). Xamtanga Phonology and Its Unique Vowel System. In Zena-Lissan, Vol. XXV, No. 2, pp61-85.

(2014).   Shinasha Noun Morphology, (Unpublished), PhD Thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo.

(2008). On Phonological Aspect of Imperative Verb Forms of Shinasha, 5^th International Conference on Cushitic-Omotic Languages, Paris, 16-18 April 2008.

(2007). Xamtanga Phonology and Its Unique Vowel System. 16^th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Trondheim, 2-6 July 2007.

(2006b). Kuwegu Phonology. In: ELRC WORKING PAPERS, Vol. II No. 4, pp501-513.

(2006a). በመዝገበ ቃላት ውስጥ አነባበብን ለማሳየት ኢትዮጵያዊውን ስነድምፃዊ አፃፃፍ መጠቀም፡– ፋይዳውና የወጥነት ጥያቄ (Using Ethiopic Phonetic Transcription to Show Pronunciation in Dictionaries: Its Relevance and Question of Consistency). In: Issues on Lexicography, Thomas and Others (eds.), pp187-204. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Printing Press.

(2005). The Impacts of Orthographic Problems on Education in Ethiopia: The case of Xamtanga, (Unpublished), The 17^th Social Science Research (Grant) under Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, OSSREA, Addis Ababa.

(2004). Xamt’aŋa Orthography: Its problems and Suggested Solutions. In: Proceedings of the 15^th annual Conference of the Institute of Language Studies, Addis Ababa University, pp32-46.

(1999b). የአማራ ክልል የቱሪስት ክበባት (Domestic Tourist Clubs of Amhara Region), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1999a). የአርጎብኛ ሥርዓተ ድምፅና ፊደል ገበታ (The Phonology and Orthography of Argoba), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1998c). የአውንጊ ስነቃል (Awingi Oral Literature), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1998b). የአማርኛ ቃላት ለውጦች ከ1983 ጀምሮ (Vocabulary Changes in Amharic (since 1991/1983 EC)), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and information, Bahr Dar.

(1998a). የቅማንትኛ ሥርዓተ ድምፅና ፊደል ገበታ (The phonology and Orthography of Qemant), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1997). የአማራ ብሄራዊ ክልል ቋንቋ ቅኝት (Language Survey of Amhara National Region), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1996b). ኻምጣኛና ተናጋሪዎቹ (Xamtanga and its Speakers). In “Meqrez”, a magazine of Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1996a). የኻምጣኛ ፊደል ገበታ ዝግጅት (Preparation of Xamtanga Orthography), (Unpublished), Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information, Bahr Dar.

(1994). The Phonology of Anfillo: Autosegmental Approach, (Unpublished), MA Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa.

(1990). የምስራቅ ጎጃም አካባቢ የሠርግ ስነ ሥርዓት (Marriage Ceremony around East Gojam), (Unpublished), East Gojam Culture and Sports Department, Debre Markos.

(1989b). የአማርኛ ስነቃል (Amharic Oral Literature), (Unpublished), East Gojam Culture and Sports Department, Debre Markos.

(1989a). የጎጃም አማርኛ ዘዬ መዝገበ ቃላት /ጅምር ሥራ/ (Gojjam Amharic Dialect Dictionary/Beginning Work). (Unpublished), East Gojam Culture and Sports Department, Debre Markos.

(1987). Some Problems in the Phonology of Mao. 1^st Annual Conference of the Institute of Language Studies (Addis Ababa University), Addis Ababa.

(1986b).The Phonology of Mao, (Unpublished), Academy of Ethiopian Languages, Addis Ababa.

(1986a). The Phonology of Shinasha, (Unpublished), A Generative Approach. BA Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa.

BOOK EDITING AND DESIGNING:

(2002), Guide to the Three Major Tourist Destinations of Amhara Region. (Published by the Amhara Region Tourism Commission). Addis Ababa: Commercial printing Enterprise.

(1999), የአማራ ክልል የቱሪስት ምስህብ ሃብቶች (Tourist Attractions of Amhara Region). (Published by the Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information). Addis Ababa: Artistic Printing Enterprise.

(1999), Ethiopia: Amhara-The Heart Land of Ethiopian World Wonders. (Published by the Amhara Region Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Information). Addis Ababa: Birhanina Selam Printing Enterprise.