Mandan Language: Documentation, Description and Training (mhq)

这一项目的学术价值在于曼丹语的文献，曼丹语是苏语系的一个单独的分支，迄今为止几乎没有得到认真的分析。研究人员将与最后一位能流利说曼丹语的人合作。这个项目是由三个附属部落的一所部落学院-贝特霍尔德堡社区学院提出的，它将向部落成员提供语言培训，使他们掌握语言数据收集和分析的先进技术方法，以防止高度濒危的曼丹语的消失。 它将使曼丹语言项目能够继续记录会话曼丹语，并编制一本曼丹语词典。通过该项目收集的数据将用于建立一个基于网络的曼丹语数据库，该数据库可用于三个附属部落的成员和其他感兴趣的个人学习语言。所有数据将通过堡贝特霍尔德社区学院网站存档。这个项目将有助于曼丹语作为一种具有历史意义的口语的延续。曼丹印第安人用他们的语言交流，是平原上最重要的商人部落之一，他们在1804年冬天为刘易斯和克拉克的发现军团提供了食物和重要信息，为他们的成功做出了巨大贡献。此外，至关重要的是，该项目将建立网络数据库，所有部落实体，包括教学学校，以及整个语言界都可以使用该数据库。该项目在语言实地工作和语言分析方面对部落成员的教育益处是深远的，因为他们能够与整个社区分享他们获得的专门知识。最后，该项目将为其他部落学院发展语言课程提供一个模式。

The intellectual merit of this project rests in the documentation of Mandan, which represents a separate branch of the Siouan language family and which, to date, has received little careful analysis. The researchers will work with the last fluent speaker of Mandan. This project, submitted by the Fort Berthold Community College, a tribal college of the Three Affiliated Tribes, will provide linguistic training to tribal members in technologically advanced methods of linguistic data collection and analysis aimed at preventing the loss of the highly endangered Mandan language. It will allow the Mandan Language Project to continue documenting conversational Mandan, and to produce a Mandan Dictionary. Data collected through the project will be used to construct a web-based Mandan Language database, which can be used for language acquisition by members of the Three Affiliated Tribes and other interested individuals. All data will be archived via the Fort Berthold Community College website. This project will contribute to the Mandan language's continuation as a historically significant spoken language. The Mandan Indians, communicating in their language, represented one of the most important merchant tribes of the plains and contributed greatly to the success of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery by providing them with foodstuff and vital information during the winter of 1804. Additionally, of critical importance is the project creation of the web database, which will be accessible to all tribal entities, including the schools for instructional purposes, and to the linguistic community in general. This project's educational benefits to tribal members in linguistic fieldwork and language analysis are far-reaching in terms of their being able to share their acquired expertise with the community at-large. Finally, the project will provide a model for other tribal colleges in developing their language programs.