Doctoral Dissertation Research:Documenting Linguistic History in Bhutan: a Kurtoep/English/Dzongkha Dictionary [ISO 639 xkz; dzo]

库尔托普语是不丹东北部库尔托地区约有10，000人使用的藏缅语。年轻人更喜欢说民族语言宗卡语和英语，这导致了对语言长期生存的担忧。社区成员估计，目前这一代年轻人将是最后一代能流利地说这种语言的人，这使得目前的时间对库尔托普的记录至关重要。在这个博士论文项目中，共同PI Gwendolyn M。俄勒冈州大学的洛伊斯将进行一项重要的现场语言工作。将记录对话、民间传说、歌曲和其他话语形式的自然语言数据。这些口头文本，再加上逐字启发，将为一部库特普语/英语/宗卡语词典提供词汇。通过包括宗卡语注释（传统的乌森语和现代罗马拼写法），拟议中的词典也将对不丹学者和藏学家感兴趣，他们对宗卡语从古典藏语的发展以及这些语言与库特普语的关系感兴趣。 拟议中的词典将用于Kurtöp语社区，他们哀叹即将失去他们的语言，并希望为后代和/或语言复兴计划记录他们的词汇。通过与不丹的Kurtöp语使用者群体和宗卡发展委员会合作，拟议项目旨在有效地编制一部词典，满足这两个群体以及学术界的需要。

Kurtöp is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by approximately 10,000 people in the Kurtö region of northeastern Bhutan. Younger speakers exhibit a preference for speaking Dzongkha, the national language, and English, leading to fears for the long-term survival of the language. Community members estimate the current generation of young adults will be the last generation to speak the language fluently, making the present time crucial for the documentation of Kurtöp. In this doctoral dissertation project, co-PI Gwendolyn M. Lowes of the University of Oregon will undertake a significant onsite work with the language. Natural language data in the form of conversations, folklore, songs and other forms of discourse will be recorded. These oral texts, in conjunction with word-by-word elicitation, will contribute vocabulary to a Kurtöp/English/Dzongkha dictionary.By including Dzongkha glosses (in traditional 'Ucen and modern Roman orthographies) the proposed dictionary will also be of interest to Bhutanese scholars and Tibetologists interested in the development of Dzongkha from Classical Tibetan and the relationship of these languages to Kurtöp. The proposed dictionary will be of use to the community of Kurtöp speakers who lament the impending loss of their language and wish to have a record of their lexicon for posterity and/or language revitalization programs. By working in collaboration with the community of Kurtöp speakers and the Dzongkha Development Commission in Bhutan, the proposed project aims to effectively produce a dictionary that will meet the needs of these two groups as well as those of the academic community.