Arizona apache dictionary project [the arizona apache dictionary project will create the first comprehensive online arizona apache dictionary that includes all three dialects

This $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support The Language Conservancy, Inc. in developing the first comprehensive online Arizona Apache Dictionary. Over the one-year period from October 1, 2021 to September 1, 2022, the grant will fund retention of seven staff members and hiring of seven contract personnel from the Arizona Apache community. Key activities include high-quality audio recordings of dictionary entries by fluent Arizona Apache speakers, evaluation and standardization of existing Apache language database records, integration of audio with textual entries, development of a project website and dictionary interface, and release of a beta version of the online dictionary to collect feedback. The expected outcome is a trilingual online dictionary containing the Northern, Central, and Eastern Arizona Apache dialects, providing culturally relevant definitions, translations, audio pronunciations and sample sentences in an accessible format to benefit the Arizona Apache people and broader public.

Expected outcomes

?the expected & nbsp; outcome is the first comprehensive arizona & nbsp; apache dictionary which contains all three dialects:  northern & nbsp; dilzhe?e & nbsp; as spoken at yavapai-apache nation; central & nbsp; dilzhe?e & nbsp; as spoken on the tonto apache, fort apache/white mountain, and SAN carlos apache reservations; and an eastern dialect spoken in the eastern half of the fort apache/white mountain apache reservation and SAN carlos apache reservation.  the dictionary will & nbsp; offer & nbsp; an & nbsp; english-apache/apache-english dictionary interface with translations, culturally relevant definitions, audio pronunciations, and sample sentences.  &nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

The audiences that will benefit & nbsp; from an online arizona apache dictionary are the & nbsp; arizona apache people,  apache speakers, schools, educators,  scholars, and the general public seeking information provided in the dictionary.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

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