A Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya, Guatemala

Purpose of Project

The primary purpose of this project was to compile an accurate, large-scale Ch'orti' dictionary. Data from several other research projects carried out among the Ch'orti' and sponsored by the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., (FAMSI), (Grant #99036 and #00048), the National Science Foundation (Grant #0124167), and Reitaku University, formed the initial basis for this project. The goal of this research effort was to edit data gathered from these previous fieldwork sessions and to add new data through five more months of fieldwork in order to gather sufficient linguistic data for a dictionary of Ch'orti'. In addition, seven more months were set aside to edit data from field notes into electronic form and to analyze hundreds of hours of recorded interviews and oral histories from previous fieldwork for linguistic data. Once compiled and edited, the data would eventually be submitted for publication as a bilingual dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya and Spanish.

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