Registration of "byn" for Blin Language

Daniel Yacob locales at geez.org
Tue Apr 15 12:23:24 CEST 2003


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LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM

Name of requester          :  Daniel Yacob, Kiflemariam Hamde, Tekie Alibekit

E-mail address of requester:  locales at geez.org

Tag to be registered       : byn

English name of language   : Blin (preferred), Bilen, Bilin

Native name of language (transcribed into ASCII): blin

Any other relevant information:

"byn" is also the SIL language code.  Though not the most common, "Blin" is
the preffered English transcription of the language name by both the 
Blin Language and Culture Association in Norway and the Blin Language and
Culture Association in Sweden.



Reference to published description of the language (book or article):


Eritrean authors are entered in their first names and indicated with the '*'.


YEAR:       1857
LANGUAGE:   Blin and Italian
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Giuseppe Sappeto, "Viaggio missione cattolica frai Mensa,
            i Bogos e gli Habab, Roma, con un brevo dizionario Bileno".
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1861-64
LANGUAGE:   Blin and German
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Werner Munzinger, "Die deutsche Expedition in Ostafrika"
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1866
LANGUAGE:   Blin and French
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  D'Abbadie, Antonie, "Sur le droit Bilen, Parigi", Paris
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1882
LANGUAGE:   Blin and German
PAGES:      224
REFERENCE:  Reinisch, Leo,  "Die Bilin-Sprache in Nordos Afrika".
            (Bilin Grammar). Vienna.
INSTITUTE:  Der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wiessenchaften (Vienna)


YEAR:       1882
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      78
REFERENCE:  Reinisch, Leo, "wengel marqos: Gospel of Mark in Blin or Bogos
            Language"
INSTITUTE:  British and Foreign Bible Society Dep.


YEAR:       1883
LANGUAGE:   Blin and German
PAGES:      317
REFERENCE:  Reinisch, Leo,  "Texte Der Bilin-Sprache".
            (Blin Stories, narratives etc.). Leipzig.
INSTITUTE:  Der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vienna)


YEAR:       1887
LANGUAGE:   Blin and German
PAGES:      426
REFERENCE:  Reinisch, Leo, "Worterbuch der Bilin Sprache". (A Dictionary),
            Vienna.
INSTITUTE:  Der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vienna)


YEAR:       1907
LANGUAGE:   Blin and Italian
PAGES:      64
REFERENCE:  Conti Rossini, Carlo, "Racconte e Canti bileni". Actes du XIVe
            Internazionale des Orient. Rome.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1911
LANGUAGE:   Blin and Italian
PAGES:      8
REFERENCE:  Cappomaza, Uliano, "Un Testo Bileno". Rivista  Degli Studi
            Oriental. vol. 4-1911-12
INSTITUTE:  Universita Di Roma


YEAR:       1939
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      20
REFERENCE:  Fr. Wolde-Yohannes Habtemariam, "Awi mehedxwna", (Who Created Us?,
            a catechism)
INSTITUTE:  The Vatican


YEAR:       1957
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      28
REFERENCE:  Palmer, F. R., "The Verb in Bilin".  Bulletin of the School of
            Oriental and African Studies, London.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1958
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      14
REFERENCE:  Palmer, F. R., "The Noun in Bilin".  Bulletin of the
            Oriental and African Studies, London.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1960
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      8
REFERENCE:  Palmer, F. R., "An Outline of Bilin Phonology". Atti del
            convegno internazilanle diostdui Etiopici. Roma: academiia
            Nazionale dei Lincei.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1965
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      11
REFERENCE:  Palmer, F. R., "Bilin "to be" and "to have"". African Language
            Studies, Vol. 6, pp. 101-111.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1967
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      9
REFERENCE:  Palmer, F.R., "Word Class in Bilin"  International Review of
            General Linguistics, Lingua vol.17, Amsterdam
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1976
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      11
REFERENCE:  Zaborsky, Andrei, "Consonant apophomy and consonant alteration in
            Bilin".  Afroasiatic Linguistics. Vol. 3, Pt. 6.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1976
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Fadega, Abba, "werena jar musiKw"  (A Cathechism and
            Prayers in Blin). Stencil, Unpublished
INSTITUTE:  Francescana Printing Press, Asmara, Eritrea


YEAR:       1977
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Fadega, Abba, "Qdase blind" (The Holy Mass in
            Blin). Stencil, Unpublished
INSTITUTE:  Francescana Printing Press, Asmara, Eritrea


YEAR:       1984
LANGUAGE:   English and Blin
PAGES:      37
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Fadega, Abba, "The Blin Language: A Long Struggle for
            Survival". A Paper Presented in the 8th International Conference
            of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Abba University. November 26-30.
INSTITUTE:  Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa


YEAR:       1984
LANGUAGE:   Blin and Tigringa
PAGES:      50
REFERENCE:  Mekonen Amanuel*, "Melamedi QanQa Blin". Blin Primary.
            Asmara. Stencil, Unpublished
INSTITUTE:  Senior Seminary of Asmara


YEAR:       1984
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      
REFERENCE:  Zaborsky, Andrei, Consonant Apophony and Consonant Alteration
            in Bilin Plurals.  Afro-Asiatic Linguistics 3, Part 6.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1986
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      100
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "The Origin and Development of Blin". Blin
            Language Project. Institute of African Studies. Asmara University.
            Unpublished Research Paper.
INSTITUTE:  Asmara University


YEAR:       1986
LANGUAGE:   Blin and Tigrigna
PAGES:      9
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "The Role of Folk Poems in Expressing Economic
            Problems", a paper presented in Blin Language and Culture Seminar,
            June 5 1986, Asmara University, Eritrea.
INSTITUTE:  Asmara University


YEAR:       1989
LANGUAGE:   Blin and English
PAGES:      7
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "Analysis of some Blin Proverbs",
            Ethiopian Journal of African Studies 5(2): 62-68
INSTITUTE:  Asmara University


YEAR:       1989
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Kidane Yebio, Abba, " Fidel Shibisena Blinid", Blin for Beginners,
            Unpublished
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1990
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      10
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde "Traditional religious customs in Blin society:
            The 'Candle Meal' and the 'Covenant'", Adventist Regnum Tuum 51(1):
            18-23 Asmara
INSTITUTE:  The Capuchin Friary of Asmara


YEAR:       1991
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      70
REFERENCE:  Goitom Kuflom*, "blin haleget". The Blin Alphabet. Switzerland.
            Unpublished Research Paper.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1992
LANGUAGE:   Blin and Geez
PAGES:      
REFERENCE:  Kidane Yebio, Abba, et.al, 1992, "Qdase blindi geezdisi.
            Hadisd delemaKw "Stencil, Unpublished
INSTITUTE:  Catholic Eparchy of Keren


YEAR:       1992
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      116
REFERENCE:  Tekie Alibekit*, "Blina ktabetdi gbra gabuxwdi"  Blin Language.
            Introductory phonetics and Grammar. 1st edition, Oslo,
            ISBN 82-992623-0-5
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1992
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      187
REFERENCE:  Tekle Ghiorghis Yohannes Aftay*, "Blinna Gabba Gug": Blin
            grammar in Blin Language. Uppsala: Nyna Tryckeri. pp. 187.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1992
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      390
REFERENCE:  Blin Langauge Research Group (Edited by Kiflemariam Hamde* and
            Paulos Zeremariam*), "Blina qolata end'ba". Blin Dictionary, with
	    English Translations . Uppsala: Nyna Tryckeri., ISBN 91-630-1297-9
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Sweden


YEAR:       1992
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Bogos Goitom*, (1992) "Enkeli". Love Poems. Uppsala: Nyna Tryckeri.
INSTITUTE:  


YEAR:       1993
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      70
REFERENCE:  Micheal Ghaber*, "The Blin of Bogos",  A Thesis Project submitted to
            the History Department of the then Haile Selassie I University in
            Addis Ababa, Printed in Iraq
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1993
LANGUAGE:   Blin 
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Yacob Zeru, Abba.  "wengielynadera ysusruKw." The Gospel in Blin
INSTITUTE:  Francescana Printing Press, Asmara, Eritrea



YEAR:       1993
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      14
REFERENCE:  Tekie Alibekit*, "A summary of Blin Phonetics and Grammatical
            Terms, Unpublished, Oslo
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Norway


YEAR:       1993
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      45
REFERENCE:  Tekie Alibekit*, "Blina Dgim H'yaytu"., Blin Fables.  Unpublished,
            Oslo
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Norway.


YEAR:       1994
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      10
REFERENCE:  Tekie Alibekit*, Kiflemariam Hamde*, Fessehazion Zemicael*,
            and Abba Asfaha Kidanemariam*,  "Blina gaba TefHat".
            Standardisation of Some Blin Writing (1994), A working Paper.pp 8.
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Sweden


YEAR:       1994
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      30
REFERENCE:  Fessahatzion Zemicael*, "Shib blin'd. Numerals in Blin for
            Children.", Stockholm.
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Sweden


YEAR:       1995
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      10
REFERENCE:  Tekie Alibekit*, "Blina Golia, Blin Folk Dance Songs", Unpublished,
            Oslo
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Norway



YEAR:       1996
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      5
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "Recent Developments in Blin Writing".
            TimSa' Mengst'ke, An article describing the situation of Blin
            writing since 1970s, published in Adventist Regnum Tuum, A Six.
            monthly Review published by the Capuchin Students, Asmara,
            Nr Vol. 64, No 2: 80-84
INSTITUTE:  The Capuchin Friary of Asmara, Eritrea


YEAR:       1996
LANGUAGE:   Tigringa
PAGES:      18
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "The role of language in societal development:
            Culture, Language and Society". A paper presented at the First
            National Conference on Eritrean Languages, Ministry of Education,
            and EPFDJ, August 16-18, Asmara
INSTITUTE:  Ministry of Education, Asmara, Eritrea


YEAR:       1997
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      90
REFERENCE:  The Committee for Developing Blin Lanaguage and Culture
            in Keren "GERBESHA: On Blin and Culture
INSTITUTE:  Sabur Printing House, Asmara, Eritrea


YEAR:       1997
LANGUAGE:   English and Blin
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, (1997) "Blin Language Lessons for DEHAI".
            A Network for Eritreans:
            http://www.primenet.com/~ephrem2/languages/blin/
INSTITUTE:  A Website


YEAR:       1997
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      18
REFERENCE:  Lamberti, M. & L. Tonelli,  (1997) "Some Phonological and
            Morphological Aspects of Bilin". Afroasiatic Neapolitana. 6, 81-99.
INSTITUTE:


YEAR:       1998
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      98
REFERENCE:  Ministry of Education, "Blina Gab Linger Me-ebed",  Blin for 2nd
            Grade.  Puplishing Unit of the Department of General Education.
INSTITUTE:  Ministry of Education, Asmara, Eritrea


YEAR:       2000
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Kidane Yebio, Abba, et.al, "srAt awsaIniKwdi arb sqletuKdi."
            (The Ceremony of Hosanna and Long Friday)
INSTITUTE:  Catholic Eparchy of Keren, Eritrea


YEAR:       2000
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:
REFERENCE:  Kidane Yebio, Abba, et.al, "ynaderes shiwnin." (A Blin Prayer Book)
INSTITUTE:  Catholic Eparchy of Keren, Eritrea


YEAR:       2000
LANGUAGE:   English 
PAGES:      22
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "Being and Becoming an Eritrean In Sweden: The
            Case of Blin Language and Culture Association in Stockholm".
            A paper submitted for a PhD Course on Sociolinguistics,
            Afro Asiatic Department, Uppsala University, December.
INSTITUTE:  Department of Afro-Asiatic Languages, University of Uppsala, Sweden


YEAR:       2000
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      15
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "Lets Discuss Blin Poems and their role in Blin
            Society." A Paper read at the 10th anniversary of the Blin
            Language and Culture Association in Sweden, Stockholm,
            December 28, 2000.
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Sweden


YEAR:       2001
LANGUAGE:   Blin
PAGES:      20
REFERENCE:  Kiflemariam Hamde*, "How is Blin Written?" A Paper presented at
            the First Workshop on Blin Language, organised by the Blin
            Language and Culture Association in Sweden, Stockholm,
            February 10, 2001.
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Sweden


YEAR:       2001
LANGUAGE:   English
PAGES:      
REFERENCE:  Tekie Alibekit*, "The Velar Nasal Stop "ng" in Blin and its Original
            Writing In Ge'ez", A Supplimentary paper for standardization of
            Blin Writing, Oslo.
INSTITUTE:  Blin Language and Culture Association in Norway



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