Tojolabal (SIL CODE: toj) (Maya) Language Documentation Project

Tojolabal（SIL 代码：toj）(Maya) 语言文档项目

• 批准号: 0650942
• 负责人: N. Louanna Furbee
• 金额: $ 24.08万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2011-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0650942&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tojolabal; SIL; CODE; toj; Maya

Tojolabal Maya is spoken by several thousand people in the Chiapas state of Mexico, near the border with Guatemala. Although still vital, the language is subject to many pressures. Many of the speakers have moved to urban centers in Mexico and the U.S., some by choice, some due to social and political conflicts. Both groups often abandon their native tongue. With support from National Science Foundation, Dr. N. Louanna Furbee will establish a Tojolabal Language Documentation Center and train a community-based Tojolabal team to document the language. Linguists from abroad and native speakers will collaborate directly, intertwining their understandings of linguistic phenomena from different but mutually informative perspectives. Workshops given by visiting experts, including indigenous scholars, will impart the skills of language documentation and linguistic analysis. This Center will provide new educational opportunities for community members who have had limited access to formal education in the past. Later, the primary team will establish secondary centers in selected Tojolabal communities through which they can extend this education to other speakers. By establishing literacy programs, literary activities, research projects, and language documentation efforts, the team hopes to increase the profile of the language and the perceived value of speaking it.

在墨西哥与危地马拉接壤的墨西哥州，有几千人说托霍拉巴玛雅语。 虽然语言仍然很重要，但它受到许多压力。 许多演讲者已经搬到了墨西哥和美国的城市中心，有些是出于选择，有些是由于社会和政治冲突。这两个群体经常放弃他们的母语。 在国家科学基金会的支持下，N。Louanna Furbee将建立一个Tojolabal语言文档中心，并培训一个以社区为基础的Tojolabal团队来记录该语言。 来自国外的语言学家和母语人士将直接合作，从不同但相互信息的角度交织他们对语言现象的理解。包括土著学者在内的访问专家将举办讲习班，传授语言文献和语言分析技能。该中心将为过去接受正规教育机会有限的社区成员提供新的教育机会。随后，初级小组将在选定的托若拉巴社区建立次级中心，通过这些中心，他们可以将这种教育推广到其他讲者。 通过建立扫盲计划，文学活动，研究项目和语言文献工作，该团队希望提高语言的形象和讲它的感知价值。