Completion of Three Menominee (MEZ) Dictionaries

该项目的目标是完成一套三本高度濒危的阿尔贡金语Menominee词典。 初学者的字典将为儿童和其他学习者，中级为扬声器和高级学习者，和综合为这些观众加上语言学家和其他感兴趣的结构和历史的Menominee词。 所有这三种材料都将以书面和电子形式制作;后者将包括单词和例句的声音档案。 这项工作将有助于正在进行的语言保护工作（迫切需要材料），我们对梅诺米尼和阿尔冈琴语系的知识广度，以及相关语言的工作。 编纂者开发的数据库模板已提供给从事类似项目的部落成员和语言学家，并可轻松转移到其他词典数据库。 该项目由威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的语言学家在梅诺米尼部落的许可和指导下进行，并在梅诺米尼教师和长老的建议下启动。 主要目的之一是创造对部落复兴和振兴梅诺米尼语有用的材料。

The objective of this project is completion of a set of three dictionaries of the highly endangered Algonquian language Menominee. The Beginner's Dictionary will be for children and other learners, the Intermediate for speakers and advanced learners, and the Comprehensive for those audiences plus linguists and others interested in the structure and history of Menominee words. All three will be produced in paper and electronic formats; the latter will include sound files of words and example sentences. The work will contribute to ongoing language preservation efforts (for which materials are urgently needed), to our breadth of knowledge about Menominee and the Algonquian language family, and to work on related languages. The database template that the compilers have developed has been offered to tribal members and linguists working on similar projects, and is easily transferable to other dictionary databases. The project has been undertaken by linguists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the permission and guidance of the Menominee tribe, and was initiated at the suggestion of Menominee teachers and elders. One of the primary purposes is to create materials which will be useful to the tribe in its quest to revive and revitalize the Menominee language.