{"id":8,"date":"2016-02-23T17:07:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T17:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananglanguages.isg.siue.edu\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2018-10-09T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:30:23","slug":"project-description-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mananglanguages.isg.siue.edu\/index.php\/project-description-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Description & Team – old"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manang Languages Team (2014)<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n

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Photo Taken:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0 June 2014 near Ghyaaru, upper Manang by Shunfu Hu<\/div>\n

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Back Row L-R:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0 Dr. Shunfu Hu, Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt,\u00a0Dr. Oliver Bond; Front Row L-R: Mr. Dil Bahadur Gurung,\u00a0Mr. Ritar Lhakpa Lama,\u00a0Mr. Kali Lama, Dr. Jessica Krim (SIUE); Not pictured: Dr. Dubi Nanda Dhakal, Mr. Prem Ghale<\/div>\n
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Manang Languages Team (2013)<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n

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Photo Taken:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0 June 2013 in Dhukur Pokhari, upper Manang by Shunfu Hu<\/div>\n

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From left to right:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0 Mr. Ritar Lhakpa Lama, Ms. Kanchan Karki, Ms. Yesha Malla, Dr. Oliver Bond, Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt, Dr. Dubi Nanda Dhakal, Mr. Sukumar Gurung, Mr. Krishna Tamang, Mr. Kancha Gurung, Mr. Kali Lama, Dr. Shunfu Hu<\/div>\n
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Manang Languages Team (2012)<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n

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\nPhoto Taken:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0 July 2012 in Nace village, lower Manang by Shunfu Hu<\/div>\n

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From left to right:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0 Back row: Dr. Oliver Bond, University of Surrey, United Kingdom; Dr. Dubi Nanda Dhakal, Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt, SIUE, USA; Dr. Shunfu Hu SIUE; Ms. Prita Malla, graduate assistant, SIUE;\u00a0Front row: Mr. Prabal Malla; Mr. Ritar, Lhakpa Lama, Nar village and Kathmandu; Mr. Kali Lama, Baggarchhap village and Kathmandu<\/div>\n
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Project Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/u>
\nKristine A. Hildebrandt\u00a0<\/a>
\nkhildeb@siue.edu<\/a> Main Collaborators<\/strong><\/u>
\nShunfu Hu<\/a>
\nJessica Krim<\/a>
\nDubi Nanda Dhakal<\/a>
\ndubidhakal@yahoo.com<\/a>
\nOliver Bond<\/a> (University of Surrey)
\n(P.I. on collaborative project:
\n“Optional Ergative Case Marking<\/a>“,
\nFunded by the British Academy)
\n(Tibetan and Himalayan Library,<\/a>
\nUniversity of Virginia<\/a>)Office Assistants at CNAS<\/u><\/strong>
\nMs.\u00a0Ekmaya Gurung<\/a> (office
\nassistant 2013-2014)
\nMs.\u00a0Pushpa Gurung<\/a> (Gurung
\nlanguage\u00a0assistant)
\nMs.\u00a0Sassi Gurung<\/a> (Gurung
\nlanguage\u00a0assistant)
\nMr.\u00a0Sangdo Lama<\/a> (Gyalsumdo
\nlanguage assistant)
\nMs. Chimi Sangkye Lama<\/a> (Nar
\nlanguage\u00a0assistant)
\nMs. Ching Chippa<\/a> (Gyalsumdo
\ndictionary-building assistant,
\npictured with\u00a0Mr. Sangdo Lama)
\nMr. Jam Bahadur (Karma) Gurung<\/a>
\n(Nyeshangte language assistant)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Graduate Student Assistants<\/u><\/strong>
\nPrita Malla<\/a> (Summer-Fall 2012)
\nKanchen Karki<\/a> (Fall 2012- Summer 2014)
\nRavi Kumar Yadav Dega (Fall 2013)
\nHarika Taluri (Spring 2014)
\nSaita Gurung<\/a> (Fall 2014- Summer 2015)
\nCaleb Pecue<\/a> (Fall 2014- Spring 2015)
\nBrajesh Karna<\/a> (Fall 2015-Spring 2017)
\nCassidy Martin<\/a> (Fall 2015, SIUE SPPA Intern<\/a>)<\/div>\n
Sujata Bista (Fall 2018)
\nUndergraduate Student Assistants<\/u><\/strong>
\nDerek Engel (Fall 2012)
\nCassidy Martin* (Fall 2012)
\nMatthew Vallejo* (Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
\nSamantha Jo Winkler<\/a>* (web design, Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
\nAlex Kalika* (Spring 2013)
\nJohn Rekowski* (Spring 2013)
\nKourtney Hake* (Spring 2013)
\nYesha Malla<\/a> (Summer 2013, summer internship funded by the
\nAriel<\/a> program,\u00a0St. John’s College<\/a>, Santa Fe, NM)
\nAlex Taitt<\/a>* (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
\nCassidy Jacobson* (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
\nAndrea Fyffe* (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
\nTiffany Downing<\/a>* (Fall 2013- Spring 2015)
\nIan Green<\/a>* (Fall 2014- Spring 2015)
\nChristopher Witruk<\/a>* (Fall 2014- Spring 2015)
\nAlex Jackson<\/a>* (Fall 2015)
\nAda Lewis<\/a>* (Fall 2015)
\nSimiloluwa Ogunnaike<\/a>* (Fall 2015)
\nMorgan Rogers<\/a>* (Fall 2015)
\nAllison Rue* (Fall 2015)
\nSarah Song<\/a>* (Fall 2015)<\/div>\n
Mehali Patel (Spring 2015-Fall 2016)<\/div>\n
Amber Khan (Spring 2017)<\/div>\n
Manisha Chaudhari (Fall 2016-Spring 2017)<\/div>\n
Ishu Jha (Fall 2017 & Spring 2018)<\/div>\n
Pratik Lamsal (Fall 2017 & Spring, Summer 2018)<\/div>\n
Chance Goodwin (Spring 2018)<\/div>\n
Jami Howell (Spring 2018)
\n*student names with asterisks are funded by or affiliated with\u00a0SIUE<\/a>‘s URCA<\/a> program<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Community Collaborators in Nepal<\/u><\/strong>
\nManang Youth Society<\/a>
\nPal Tashi Samdrupling
\n(Nar-Phu Welfare Society, chairman Mr. Ritar<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0Lhakpa Lama)\u00a0<\/strong>Related NSF Funding<\/u><\/strong>
\n\u00a0<\/strong>Alex Taitt (SIUE undergraduate assistant, NSF<\/a>
\nREU funding for Summer 2014)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In an increasingly globalized world, indigenous minority languages, such as the tribal languages of Nepal\u2019s Manang District, are threatened by migration, the loss of younger speaker populations, and the influence of dominant majority cultures. This CAREER project (NSF1149639) undertakes a unique response to language endangerment by exploring innovative methods of language documentation that also involve and benefit diverse populations. The project encompasses collaborative, multi-institutional field investigations of the four tribal languages Nyeshangte, Gyalsumdo, Manang-Gurung and Nar-Phu in order to merge traditional documentation methods with cutting-edge visualization tools. Investigators will adapt approaches from other studies of language and dialect variation by building a web-accessible, multi-media atlas to chart the rich language histories, variation, and attitudes found in Manang. This output will represent a new approach to documentation, one with a geographic perspective to chart structural details, threats, survival scenarios and future prospects within and across these languages. The project will also provide essential learning tools about, and for, language endangerment and survival scenarios in Nepal. One focus group will be undergraduate university students, who represent influential global citizens who would otherwise encounter issues of endangerment and preservation only in a detached context of textbooks and lecture. Project methods will embrace a collaborative spirit, including work with Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, and with trained assistants in the Manang District. The project will also involve work with colleagues and students in the Geographic Information Systems program at the home institution. University students are involved in all phases of data collection and analysis, and in the design of pedagogical materials. Additionally, the project will collaborate with archivists at the University of Virginia on long-term data preservation and visualization protocols. The goals, methods, and resources garnered from this project will provide an exciting and groundbreaking standard for future documentation, archival, educational, and language awareness endeavors.<\/div>\n
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