essay
Language preservation with the help of written language: the Sauk language of the Sac and Fox of Oklahoma
Papers of the twenty-sixth Algonquian Conference • Ottawa, Canada • Published In 1995 • Pages: 413-430
By: Reinschmidt, Kerstin Müller.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Sauk language, its orthography and historical context, and its relationship to other Algonquian languages in general and to Mesquakie (Fox) and Kickapoo in particular. (Sauk is mutually intelligible to both of the latter two tribal groups.) Reinschmidt then describes the decline of Sauk language by the Sac and Fox tribal members in Oklahoma. A structural analysis of the Sauk language is then made including information on the Sauk syllabary and subsequent suggested revisions to this syllabary, which it is hoped might make it easier to learn the language and preserve it for future generations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Speech
- Grammar
- Phonology
- Linguistic identification
- Writing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fox
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1989-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1906-1991
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kerstin Müller Reinschmidt
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-430)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91640225
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians