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Press Release
July 21, 2005 (Radio Actualities)
SHI PUBLISHES TLINGIT PHRASEBOOK
AND CD
Sealaska
Heritage Institute (SHI) has produced a phrasebook and CD of commonly
spoken Tlingit phrases as one of the institute’s multiple efforts to
revitalize the endangered Native language.
The phrasebook, Lingít X’éináx Áx! Hear it in Tlingit, was adapted from Lingít X’éináx Sá! Say it in Tlingit, which was published by SHI in 2002. However, the CD offers new phrases and topic areas and allows users to hear the words.
“We decided we needed a mini phrasebook of the most commonly spoken phrases together with a CD so people can read it and also hear the sounds,” said Dr. Rosita Worl, president of SHI.
The mini phrasebook fits into the CD case, which holds two discs with audio covering 17 subject areas, including topics such as introductions, colors and greetings. Each track includes several phrases, which are printed in the mini phrasebook and recorded on the CD in Tlingit and English.
“We’re hoping this will be widely distributed and people will begin to use it. We think it’s just another step in our language restoration effort,” Worl said.
The booklet was edited by SHI Linguist Keri Edwards and Tlingit speaker John Marks, who also narrated the Tlingit phrases on the CD, and Richard Dauenhauer and Nora Marks Dauenhauer, authors of Lingít X’éináx Sá! Say it in Tlingit. The CD and phrasebook are available through SHI for $10. All proceeds support the institute’s programs.
SHI is a private, nonprofit founded
in 1981 to administer cultural and educational programs for Sealaska
Corp. The institute is governed by an all-Native board of trustees. Its
mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian
cultures.
CONTACT: Rosita Worl, SHI President, 463-4844
- Dr.
Rosita Worl, SHI president, TRT: :15 -- A
couple years ago we did a phrasebook and what we decided we need to
do is have a mini phrasebook or the most commonly spoken phrases
together with a CD so people can read it and also hear the sounds. (Audio)
- Dr. Rosita Worl, SHI president, TRT: :08 -- We’re hoping this will be widely distributed, people will begin to use it, and we think it’s just another step in our restoration effort. (Audio)