Koniag Alutiiq (EMS) Orthography Project

Koniag Alutiiq正字法项目将汇编和完成现有的、未发表的研究，为Kodiak Alutiiq开发一个稳定、标准化的正字法系统。Alutiiq博物馆和阿拉斯加大学科迪亚克学院的阿普里尔博士将与著名的Alutiiq语言学家Jeff Leer合作，Jeff Leer最近从UAF的阿拉斯加土著语言中心退休。Counceller将汇编Leer之前关于Alutiiq书写系统的研究笔记和文章，从仅存的几个流利的说话者(不到50人，都是老年人，分散在阿拉斯加)收集新的数据，并创建一本可供传统说话者使用的书写系统书籍。这些数据将对为濒危语言和比较语言学开发正字法的语言学者产生极大的兴趣。此外，该项目还将制作材料，这将有助于为未来的遗产演讲者保存Alutiiq语言。PI项目正确地指出，该项目适合快速筹资，因为许多因素汇聚在一起，使该项目既成功又及时：1)李博士的参与机会和意愿；2)少数母语流利的人越来越少；3)阿拉斯加土著公司，Chugachmiut愿意通过共享相似方言材料支持Couneller博士，以及4)社区对拼写法的迫切需求，以便制作语言振兴文本。

The Koniag Alutiiq Orthography project will compile and complete existing, unpublished research to develop a stable, standardized orthography system for Kodiak Alutiiq. The PI, Dr. April Counceller of the Alutiiq Museum and University of Alaska - Kodiak College, will work with renowned Alutiiq Linguist Jeff Leer, who is recently retired from the Alaska Native Language Center at UAF. Counceller will compile Leer's previous research notes and articles on the Alutiiq writing system, collect new data from the few remaining fluent speakers (less than 50, all elderly and scattered throughout Alaska), and create a writing system book that will be accessible to heritage speakers. This data will be of great interest to language scholars developing orthographies for endangered languages and for comparative linguistics. In addition the project will create materials that this will assist in the preservation of the Alutiiq language for future heritage speakers. The project PI correctly states that this project is appropriate for RAPID funding because many factors have converged to make this project successful and timely: 1) the availability and willingness of Dr. Leer to participate; 2) the waning availability of a few fluent first-language speakers; 3) The Alaska Native Corporation, Chugachmiut's willingness to support Dr. Counceller through sharing of similar-dialect materials, and 4) the urgent need in the community for the orthography in order to produce language revitalization texts.