Mandan Language: Documentation, Description and Training (mhq)

这个项目的学术价值在于曼丹语的文献，曼丹语是苏语语系的一个独立分支，到目前为止，很少有人对其进行仔细的分析。研究人员将与最后一位说流利的曼丹语的人合作。该项目由贝特霍德堡社区学院提交，这是三个附属部落的一所部落学院，将向部落成员提供语言培训，内容是技术先进的语言数据收集和分析方法，旨在防止高度濒危的曼丹语的丧失。它将允许曼丹语项目继续记录对话中的曼丹语，并制作一本曼丹语词典。通过该项目收集的数据将用于构建一个基于网络的满丹语数据库，该数据库可用于三个附属部落成员和其他感兴趣的个人的语言学习。所有数据都将通过贝特霍德堡社区学院的网站存档。该项目将有助于曼丹语作为一种具有重要历史意义的口语继续存在。曼丹印第安人用他们的语言交流，代表着平原上最重要的商人部落之一，并在1804年冬天为刘易斯和克拉克的探险队的成功提供了食物和重要信息，为他们的成功做出了巨大贡献。此外，至关重要的是创建网络数据库的项目，所有部落实体，包括用于教学目的的学校，以及整个语言界都可以访问该数据库。该项目对部落成员在语言田野调查和语言分析方面的教育益处是深远的，因为他们能够与整个社区分享他们所获得的专门知识。最后，该项目将为其他部落学院开发其语言课程提供一个样板。

The intellectual merit of this project rests in the documentation of Mandan, which represents a separate branch of the Siouan language family and which, to date, has received little careful analysis. The researchers will work with the last fluent speaker of Mandan. This project, submitted by the Fort Berthold Community College, a tribal college of the Three Affiliated Tribes, will provide linguistic training to tribal members in technologically advanced methods of linguistic data collection and analysis aimed at preventing the loss of the highly endangered Mandan language. It will allow the Mandan Language Project to continue documenting conversational Mandan, and to produce a Mandan Dictionary. Data collected through the project will be used to construct a web-based Mandan Language database, which can be used for language acquisition by members of the Three Affiliated Tribes and other interested individuals. All data will be archived via the Fort Berthold Community College website. This project will contribute to the Mandan language's continuation as a historically significant spoken language. The Mandan Indians, communicating in their language, represented one of the most important merchant tribes of the plains and contributed greatly to the success of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery by providing them with foodstuff and vital information during the winter of 1804. Additionally, of critical importance is the project creation of the web database, which will be accessible to all tribal entities, including the schools for instructional purposes, and to the linguistic community in general. This project's educational benefits to tribal members in linguistic fieldwork and language analysis are far-reaching in terms of their being able to share their acquired expertise with the community at-large. Finally, the project will provide a model for other tribal colleges in developing their language programs.