Documentation of the Washo Language (WAS)

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Alan Yu博士将进行为期三年的Washo语的全面多媒体记录，Washo语是美国土著语言中濒危最严重、记录最少的语言之一。沃索语属于霍坎族，目前大约有13-20名老年说话者说这种语言，他们住在太浩湖东南部加利福尼亚州和内华达州边境附近的几个乡镇。将对今天所说的WASHO进行完整的记录。本项目拟议任期内的主要目标是详细研究沃索语的语音和音系学，因为扎实了解该语言的语音和音系学对于了解该语言的其他组成部分(例如，形态句法、句法和语篇)至关重要。该项目的另一个优先事项是建立一个可上网的数字档案馆，使学者以及同等或更重要的土著社区本身都能获得WASHO的数据。这一数字档案馆的具体目标是编制一部包含3000个词条的双语词典(包括文字参考、词源、音频材料和用法说明)，并为另外2000个词条编制不太完整的文件(可能只有词法信息和注释)，共计5000个词条。

With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Alan Yu will undertake a three-year comprehensive multimedia documentation of Washo, one of the most critically endangered and least documented of Native American languages. The Washo language, which belongs to the Hokan family, is currently spoken by about 13-20 elderly speakers who live in several townships near the California-Nevada border southeast of Lake Tahoe. A full documentation of Washo as it is spoken today will be undertaken. The main objective during the proposed tenure of this project is a detailed study of the phonetics and phonology of the Washo language since a solid understanding of the phonetics and phonology of the language is paramount to understanding the other components of the language (e.g., the morpho-syntax, syntax, and discourse). Another priority for this project is the creation of a web-accessible digital archive to make Washo data accessible to scholars and, of equal or greater importance, to the native community itself. The concrete goal of this digital archive is to produce a bilingual lexicon (including textual references, etymology, audio material and usage notes) of 3000 entries, and less complete documentation (perhaps only morphological information and gloss) for an additional 2000 entries, for a total of 5000 lexical entries.