Documenting Ojibwe Conversation

在国家科学基金会的支持下，玛丽爱马仕博士将记录西南欧吉布韦会话的使用。Ojibwe是大约10，000人的第一语言。在加拿大的五大湖周围，许多土著社区使用Ojibwe作为第一语言。 然而在美国，每个保留地只有少数长老说Ojibwe。 Ojibwe的这些特殊方言在其他地方不存在，目前极度濒危。这个项目将记录Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe长老在非正式对话环境中使用Ojibwe。 研究人员将在不同的环境中对长者进行录音和录像，让他们互相谈论日常话题。 这种资源对于那些试图振兴语言的人来说是极其宝贵的。 母带将在Waadookodaading Ojibwe语言沉浸学校存档。 录音带将被编辑成简短的片段，分发给那些试图学习Ojibwe语言的人。

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Mary Hermes will document the use of conversational Southwestern Ojibwe. Ojibwe is spoken by about 10,000 people as a first language. Around the Great Lakes in Canada many indigenous communities use Ojibwe as a first language. However in the United States, Ojibwe is spoken by only a handful of Elders on each reservation. These particular dialects of Ojibwe exist nowhere else and are currently extremely endangered.This project will document Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Elders using Ojibwe in a non-formal conversational setting. The researchers will audio and videotape Elders in different setting, speaking to each other about every day topics. This kind of resource is extremely valuable for those trying to revitalize the language. Master tapes will be archived at the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School. Tapes will be edited into short segments and distributed to those trying to learn the Ojibwe language, Ojibwemowin.