Documentation of Two Endangered Munda Languages of India: Turi [trd] and Remo [bfw]

该项目将对印度奥里萨邦总人口不到3 000人使用的两种蒙达语进行为期一年的实地记录。新的实地录音将补充国际和平研究所已有的一批遗留材料。它们还将被输入现有的蒙达语比较词汇数据库。这些数据将支持各种研究目标，如重建原始蒙达、不同领域的类型学研究(例如，合并的理论模型和复杂谓词)。项目的目标既有微观层面的(对记录的语音数据进行仔细的转录和数据驱动的分析)，也有宏观层面的(大型类型学概括，可能有助于揭示自来亚语系的演变和形态句法理论)。该项目将提高人们对这些语言和说这些语言的社区的认识。该项目将由印度兰奇大学部落和区域语言系主办，它将把外国语言学家和印度学者聚集在一起，通过培训建设能力，提高这些濒危语言的声望，并对语言振兴努力产生积极影响，如果社区选择这样做的话。该项目以资源、存档和知识转让的形式为当地机构和土著社区作出贡献。

This project provides for one year of field documentation of two Munda languages spoken in Orissa State, India, by a combined population of fewer than 3,000 people. The new field recordings will complement a collection of legacy materials already held by the PI. They will also be entered into an existing comparative lexical database of Munda. These data will support a variety of research goals such as the reconstruction of proto-Munda, typological studies in various domains, (e.g., theoretical models of incorporation and complex predicates). The goals are both micro-level (careful transcription and data-driven analysis of recorded speech data) and macro-level (large typological generalizations which may shed light on the evolution of the Austroasiatic language family and theories of morphosyntax).The project will raise awareness of these languages and the communities that speak them. The project will be hosted by the Department of Tribal and Regional Languages, Ranchi University, India It will bring foreign linguists and Indian scholars together to build capacity through training, enhancing the prestige of these endangered languages, and having a positive effect on language revitalization efforts, should the community choose to pursue these. The project contributes to both local institutions and the native communities in the form of resources, archiving, and knowledge transfer.