Western Apache Dictionary

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Shobhana Chelliah和Willem de Reuse博士将对西部阿帕奇进行为期三年的语言学研究，这是亚利桑那州中部和东部约13，000人使用的美洲原住民语言。部落成员、教育工作者和语言学家一直担心西阿帕奇语的消失，这种语言在美国西南部的文化和历史中发挥了重要作用。目前，只有不到3%的阿帕契族儿童将西阿帕契语作为第一语言，因此到本世纪末，这种语言可能不再被使用。该项目将产生第一部全面的语言词典。这本词典将提供可靠和一致的拼写，不再使用的单词的证明，语法分析，动词的完整变化，以及每个单词的例句。西方阿帕奇词典将用于语言复兴和教学计划的设计和实施。该手册将以书面和电子形式提供，以便编写补充的儿童和学习者词典。这本词典也将成为对非西方语言结构感兴趣的语言学家的参考，或者将阿帕奇语与纳瓦霍语等相关语言进行比较。人类学家和民族历史学家也可以使用这些材料。

With National Science Foundation support, Drs. Shobhana Chelliah and Willem de Reuse will conduct three years of linguistic research on Western Apache, a Native American language spoken by approximately 13,000 people in central and eastern Arizona. Tribal members, educators, and linguists have been concerned about the loss of Western Apache, a language that has played a major role in the culture and history of the American Southwest. At present, less than 3% of Apache children are acquiring Western Apache as a first language, and thus the language may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This project will result in the first comprehensive dictionary of the language. This dictionary will provide reliable and consistent spellings, attestations of words no longer used, grammatical analyses, full conjugations for the verbs, and example sentences for each word.This project is significant for several reasons. The Western Apache Dictionary will be used for the design and implementation of language revitalization and teaching programs. It will be made available in paper and electronic format, allowing for the generation of supplementary children's and learners' dictionaries. The dictionary will also be a reference for linguists interested in the structure of non-western languages or in comparing Apache with related languages such as Navajo. Anthropologists and ethnohistorians may also use these materials.