Any Tz'utujil translators out there? Autor de la hebra: Talent Success
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Talent Success Estados Unidos Local time: 12:56 Miembro 2006 inglés al español + ...
This may be far-reaching, but I'm looking for any Tz'utujil (also spelled Sutujil) speakers or translators into English or Spanish. Tz'utujil is the language of one of the 21 Mayan ethnic groups in Guatemala, spoken by about 50,000 people. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks! | | |
Lingua 5B Bosnia y Herzegovina Local time: 19:56 Miembro 2009 inglés al croata + ... Linguists specalizing in dying languages | Jan 20, 2009 |
Hi, I know there are some linguists out there who specialize in extremely rare / dying languages. Hopefully, there are some around ProZ. If not, I suggest you to search around linguistic Institutes ( offline or online). | | |
Ioana Daia Rumania Local time: 20:56 español al rumano + ... Anthropological departments | Jan 20, 2009 |
I would go searching for universities with anthropological departments specialized in this area. With a bit of luck, you could find somebody who did some fieldwork with that ethnic group. Good luck ! | | |
Lingua 5B Bosnia y Herzegovina Local time: 19:56 Miembro 2009 inglés al croata + ...
Ioana Daia wrote: I would go searching for universities with anthropological departments specialized in this area. With a bit of luck, you could find somebody who did some fieldwork with that ethnic group. Good luck ! Exactly, very good point. I have a friend who traveled around the world recording dying languages, as a part of a university linguistic project. It must have been a solitary experience, heh. | |
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Ioana Daia Rumania Local time: 20:56 español al rumano + ...
Maybe contact LSU Geoscience Publications 227 Howe Russell Bldg. Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: (225)-578-5942 / Fax: (225) 578-4420 They publish The Journal of Mayan Linguistics. | | |
Ioana Daia wrote: Maybe contact LSU Geoscience Publications 227 Howe Russell Bldg. Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: (225)-578-5942 / Fax: (225) 578-4420 They publish The Journal of Mayan Linguistics. Either that or go to the source. Guatemalan government organizations, academy of science, universities, translator organizations etc. 10 minutes of googling should give you a dozen email addresses. | | |
Talent Success Estados Unidos Local time: 12:56 Miembro 2006 inglés al español + ... PERSONA QUE INICIÓ LA HEBRA
Thank you all for your suggestions... I'm working on some anthropology contacts, and the publisher is also a great idea. It's been quite a wild goose chase, but I've received a few responses so far. | | |
For Tzutujil linguists, try the Bible Society | Jan 20, 2009 |
The Bible Society translates into Tzutujil (Google) | |
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Some threads | Feb 14, 2009 |
Jillkbishop, are you in that area right now (Lago de Atitlan)? I traveled through about a year ago and got hold of a Tzutujil grammar. It appears the persons who wrote the grammar are from San Pedro La Laguna (at Lago de Atitlan). (I ran into the cousin of one of them.) One of them is a professor in a major city, but I forgot which city. I am sure one of them should be able to help. In any event, practically all Tzutujil speak Spanish and there are many Spanish course... See more Jillkbishop, are you in that area right now (Lago de Atitlan)? I traveled through about a year ago and got hold of a Tzutujil grammar. It appears the persons who wrote the grammar are from San Pedro La Laguna (at Lago de Atitlan). (I ran into the cousin of one of them.) One of them is a professor in a major city, but I forgot which city. I am sure one of them should be able to help. In any event, practically all Tzutujil speak Spanish and there are many Spanish courses offered by native Tzutujil to foreigners in San Pedro La Laguna, so I am sure one of the teachers there could help, at least with translation into Spanish, possibly backed up with proofreading afterward. (Perhaps google for "Spanish course" (/school/class) and "San Pedro La Laguna" to find the web sites/emails of these schools.) Thomas
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