Ch.Orthography

Jimm G GoodTracks jggoodtracks at juno.com
Sun Apr 22 17:46:50 UTC 2001


Hartwell:
That is good you have worked with the Siouan Files, and Marsh in
particular.  For the masses of people, the Files are still in the
original encoded format of early day computering, about 1985 or so.  I
would be nice if you could convert them into a more recognizable Net
format.   Jimm

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:55:44 -0600 (MDT) Hartwell Francis
<Hartwell.Francis at colorado.edu> writes:
> Hello,
>
>   I want to join the party.  Let me introduce myself.  I'm Hartwell
> Francis at the University of Colorado.  I've started to work on the
> Chiwere material we have here in our Language Center.  I particular,
> I
> have sorted the Marsh database into a searchable format - there's a
> sample below.
>   The reason I write in is to respond to Lance and his work on
> coloring
> books.  I am developing kits and procedures for creating books.  I
> have
> used picture dictionaries to create bound books.  I have also
> developed
> some techniques for creating alphabet books and picture books from
> scratch.  I would like to share this stuff to see if it works, if
> anyone
> has any iterest.
>   Also, the best word lists may come from studies of langauge
> acquisition.
> This lead me to wonder if there are any studies of Siouan first
> language
> acquisition.
>
> Hartwell
>
> Would you like to search English or Chiwere?
> en
> Please type in the word:
>
> chief
> THE CHIEF''S DAUGHTER, HIS SECOND DAUGHTER THAT IS  (+WN. 2-3)
> WA*'4'NE GI*HI NA'4HA* IYU*'J'NE MI*'4HA'4 NA'4HA*
>
> ONCE UPON A TIME A CHIEF THERE WAS, THEY SAY  (+AGT. 1.1.8-9)
> HA*'4WEYA'4 WA*'J'NE-GI'*HI IYA*'4 NA'4HA*N#E K'H"E
>
> CHIEF-+MAKER (MALE; FEMALE)
> WA'NE*K'HIHI-+WAO'4; +WA'NE*K'HIHI-+WAO'4MI
>



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