Bench

• Alternate names: Dizu, Ghimarra, Gimarra, Gimira
• Scriptures published: New Testament (1990)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Pilot education project begun in 2008. Literacy rate in second language: 12% Amharic
• Primary country: Ethiopia
• Region: Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Mizan Teferi area, Shewa Bench towns
• Religion: Traditional religion, Christian
• Livelihood: Agriculturalists: wheat, barley, maize, sorghum
• Number of users: 347,000

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Bench
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Bench
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Bench on the web
• Joshua Project: Bench — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Bench — detailed linguistic information.