Chatino College Scholarship
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This Chatino College Scholarship Initiative, established by Justin McIntosh PhD, is an outgrowth of the Chatino Language Documentation Project (CLDP), which has documented the languages of the Chatino language group spoken in the southwestern Oaxaca state of Mexico. The purpose of this initiative is to support two local linguists, Reginaldo Quintas Figueroa and Hugo Reyes Velasco, of the Chatino-speaking town of Santa Lucía Teotepec. These two young men, who are part of the CLDP, have been very active in the documentation of their dialect of Chatino and have made major contributions to the documentation of their language. Both are enrolled in college and are working to prepare themselves to have a greater impact in their community, Mexico and the world through education.
http://lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2015/10/chatting-in-chatino/
After graduating from high school in 2012, Reginaldo and Hugo Reyes decided to pursue higher education by attending college. After researching for the ideal programs of study, going through the application process and being accepted, both are now working hard and excelling at their degree requirements.
- Hugo Reyes is in his first year in the program of Business Administration at the Technological Institute of Tlaxiaco in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico (http://www.ittlaxiaco.edu.mx/index.php/entrega-de-fichas/administracion)
- Reginaldo is in the second year in the program of Applied Linguistics at the Autonomous University of Nayarit in Tepíc, Mexico (http://www.uan.edu.mx/es/licenciatura-en-linguistica-aplicada)
Both students are making excellent progress and are in the top ten percent of their classes receiving grades in the 90th plus percentile of their respective programs of study.
The following are personal statements written by the two students in Spanish and translated into English:
Mi nombre es Reginaldo Quintas Figueroa soy hablante de la lengua chatina. Actualmente curso mi licenciatura en la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, estoy en mi tercer semestre en la carrera de Lingüística Aplicada. Vengo de la comunidad de Santa Lucía Teotepec que se encuentra en el sur del estado de Oaxaca.
Tomé la decisión de ir a estudiar a Tepic porque en Oaxaca es casi nulo el espacio para estudiar lingüística con un enfoque a las lenguas indígenas. Como indígena chatino, quiero terminar mi carrera para ser un investigador que se dedique al estudio de las lenguas indígenas de México, algo que no es muy común y no se le pone atención, habiendo tanta diversidad. Mi interés es dar a conocer estas lenguas, y apoyar a su revitalización ya que muchas de las lenguas están en peligro de desaparecer y es posible revertir su situación, yo como hablante quiero contribuir a que no las lenguas indígenas no desaparezcan, ya que con la pérdida de estas lenguas, desaparecerían la sabiduría, y el conocimiento que aquellos que lo resguardan.
Pido el apoyo de las personas que tienen la posibilidad de ayudarme a seguir con mis estudios, ya que es mi sueño culminar mi carrera para así poder rescatar lo que nuestros antepasados nos han dejado, que es nuestra lengua y la cultura chatina.
"My name is Reginaldo Quintas Figueroa and I am a speaker of Chatino. Currently, I am working on my bachelor’s degree at the Autonomous University of Nayarit. I am in my third semester in the field of Applied Linguistics. I am from the community of Santa Lucía Teotepec found in the southern state of Oaxaca.
I decided to go to study in Tepic because in Oaxaca, there is basically no space to study linguistics with a focus on indigenous languages. As an indigenous Chatino, I want to finish my degree to become a researcher engaged in the study of the indigenous languages of Mexico, something that is not very common and not given much attention, despite such great linguistic diversity. My interest is to study these languages to support their revitalization. Many are in danger of disappearing and it is possible to reverse this situation. Myself, as a speaker, I want to work so that the indigenous languages do not disappear because with the loss of these languages we would loose the wisdom and knowledge that these languages contain.
I ask for the support of people who are able to help me continue my studies. My dream is to finish my degree to be able to rescue what our ancestors have left us, which is our language and Chatino culture."
Mi nombre es Hugo Reyes Velasco, tengo 22 años de edad, soy un estudiante hablante de la lengua chatina. Nací en la comunidad de Santa Lucía Teotepec que se encuentra ubicada en el sur de Oaxaca, México.
Actualmente estudio la carrera de Administración en el Instituto Tecnológico de Tlaxiaco, ubicado en Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca. Vengo de madre soltera, por tener pocas oportunidades pude haberme ido como indocumentado a Estados Unidos como la mayoría de los jóvenes de mi comunidad, pero preferí estudiar porque considero que eso es lo más importante para mi superación personal y mi comunidad.
Con el apoyo que ustedes me brinden yo podré enfocarme en mis estudios. Además, en los veranos cuando tenga vacaciones, regresaré a mi comunidad a platicar con los jóvenes para impulsarlos a que sigan estudiando. Igualmente, daré clases de escritura de la lengua chatina a los interesados en mi comunidad, para que la lengua siga, y contribuir a que los chatinos se sientan orgullosos de su lengua por que yo puedo escribir chatino. Una vez que yo termine la carrera y haya conseguido un trabajo también podré apoyar a los jóvenes con escasos recursos que quieran superarse en la vida.
"My name is Hugo Reyes Velasco, I am 22, a student and a speaker of the Chatino language. I was born in the community of Santa Lucia Teotepec which is located in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
Currently, I am studying Business Management at the Technological Institute of Tlaxiaco, located on Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca. I come from single mother household. Because of having limited opportunities I could have gone to the United States as an undocumented worker like the majority of young people in my community, but I preferred to study because I think that is the most important thing for my personal development and my community.
With the support you provide me I can focus on my studies. Furthermore, during summer break, I will return to my community to talk with young people to encourage them to continue with their studies. Similarly, I will give Chatino language writing classes to those of my community who are interested so that the language may continue to be used. Because I can write Chatino I will contribute so that Chatinos feel proud of their language. Once I have finished my degree and have a job I to will be able to support young people with limited resources who want to excel in life."
Reginaldo and Hugo Reyes both show excellent promise; however, they have limited resources. Their academic efforts need financial support so that they may continue with their educational goals. Supporting their college education through this scholarship initiative will ensure that they will have the necessary resources to be able to complete their degrees.
Not counting fall semester 2015, Reginaldo has five more semesters to complete his degree and Hugo Reyes has seven. Calculating that the estimated basic expenses of each semester at about 500.00 US dollars, the initiative is proposing a goal of 6,000.00 dollars. Because Reginaldo and Hugo Reyes both attend state schools the cost of tuition is almost free. This money will be used to cover basic living expenses like student housing and meals, school books and materials, and fees for particular classes i.e.: English and Mathematics. If the initiative receives enough money to support their education for subsequent years it will be saved and used for each of their remaining semesters.
#GFMScholarship
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About the Chatino Language Documentation Project (CLDP)
This project has followed a model where local language activism and training have been driving forces in the slow, organic growth of a large-scale effort to document and describe the Chatino languages, which belong to the widespread Otomanguean language family spoken over large areas of southern Mexico.
The project began 2003 through a collaborative effort of Emiliana and Hilaria Cruz and Tony Woodbury, a specialist in documentary linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. Other doctoral students joined the project overtime and undertook the documentation of four more Chatino languages: Eric Campbell (Zenzontepec Chatino), Ryan Sullivant (Tataltepec Chatino), Justin McIntosh (Teotepec Eastern Chatino) and Stéphanie Villard (Zacatepec Eastern Chatino).
The CLDP works at documenting all the Chatino languages. Products of the CLDP include recordings of Chatino speakers telling stories, delivering oratory, praying, and engaging in speech in their daily lives. These recordings are archived at the Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA) http://www.ailla.utexas.org/search/collection.html?c_id=162 and at the Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0132.
The CLDP has also produced linguistic descriptions of the languages, historical studies, and pedagogical materials, which can be found at
https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/.
Chatino languages are very special: they have highly complex tonal systems (like Chinese and Thai but much more elaborate), and in their oratory, speakers follows ancient Mesoamerican poetic traditions.
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The Chatino College Scholarship Initiative Personnel:
Justin McIntosh PhD, Project Director, received his PhD in 2015 from the University of Texas at Austin and specializes in documentary and descriptive linguistics.
Tony Woodbury PhD, Project Co-director, is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in documentary and descriptive linguistics and in the indigenous language of the Americas, with a focus on Chatino languages of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the Eskimo-Aleut languages of Alaska, USA.
Emiliana Cruz PhD, Project Co-director, is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and native to the Chatino-speaking town of Cieneguilla, San Juan Quiahije. She received her PhD in 2011 from the University of Texas at Austin and is a specialist in linguistic anthropology and in the indigenous languages of Oaxaca.
Hilaria Cruz PhD, Project Co-director, is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Kentucky’s Department of Linguistics. Like her sister Emiliana, she is also a native of Cieneguilla, San Juan Quiahije. She received her PhD in 2014 from the University of Texas at Austin and is a specialist in linguistic anthropology, oratory, and poetics.
http://lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2015/10/chatting-in-chatino/
After graduating from high school in 2012, Reginaldo and Hugo Reyes decided to pursue higher education by attending college. After researching for the ideal programs of study, going through the application process and being accepted, both are now working hard and excelling at their degree requirements.
- Hugo Reyes is in his first year in the program of Business Administration at the Technological Institute of Tlaxiaco in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico (http://www.ittlaxiaco.edu.mx/index.php/entrega-de-fichas/administracion)
- Reginaldo is in the second year in the program of Applied Linguistics at the Autonomous University of Nayarit in Tepíc, Mexico (http://www.uan.edu.mx/es/licenciatura-en-linguistica-aplicada)
Both students are making excellent progress and are in the top ten percent of their classes receiving grades in the 90th plus percentile of their respective programs of study.
The following are personal statements written by the two students in Spanish and translated into English:
Mi nombre es Reginaldo Quintas Figueroa soy hablante de la lengua chatina. Actualmente curso mi licenciatura en la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, estoy en mi tercer semestre en la carrera de Lingüística Aplicada. Vengo de la comunidad de Santa Lucía Teotepec que se encuentra en el sur del estado de Oaxaca.
Tomé la decisión de ir a estudiar a Tepic porque en Oaxaca es casi nulo el espacio para estudiar lingüística con un enfoque a las lenguas indígenas. Como indígena chatino, quiero terminar mi carrera para ser un investigador que se dedique al estudio de las lenguas indígenas de México, algo que no es muy común y no se le pone atención, habiendo tanta diversidad. Mi interés es dar a conocer estas lenguas, y apoyar a su revitalización ya que muchas de las lenguas están en peligro de desaparecer y es posible revertir su situación, yo como hablante quiero contribuir a que no las lenguas indígenas no desaparezcan, ya que con la pérdida de estas lenguas, desaparecerían la sabiduría, y el conocimiento que aquellos que lo resguardan.
Pido el apoyo de las personas que tienen la posibilidad de ayudarme a seguir con mis estudios, ya que es mi sueño culminar mi carrera para así poder rescatar lo que nuestros antepasados nos han dejado, que es nuestra lengua y la cultura chatina.
"My name is Reginaldo Quintas Figueroa and I am a speaker of Chatino. Currently, I am working on my bachelor’s degree at the Autonomous University of Nayarit. I am in my third semester in the field of Applied Linguistics. I am from the community of Santa Lucía Teotepec found in the southern state of Oaxaca.
I decided to go to study in Tepic because in Oaxaca, there is basically no space to study linguistics with a focus on indigenous languages. As an indigenous Chatino, I want to finish my degree to become a researcher engaged in the study of the indigenous languages of Mexico, something that is not very common and not given much attention, despite such great linguistic diversity. My interest is to study these languages to support their revitalization. Many are in danger of disappearing and it is possible to reverse this situation. Myself, as a speaker, I want to work so that the indigenous languages do not disappear because with the loss of these languages we would loose the wisdom and knowledge that these languages contain.
I ask for the support of people who are able to help me continue my studies. My dream is to finish my degree to be able to rescue what our ancestors have left us, which is our language and Chatino culture."
Mi nombre es Hugo Reyes Velasco, tengo 22 años de edad, soy un estudiante hablante de la lengua chatina. Nací en la comunidad de Santa Lucía Teotepec que se encuentra ubicada en el sur de Oaxaca, México.
Actualmente estudio la carrera de Administración en el Instituto Tecnológico de Tlaxiaco, ubicado en Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca. Vengo de madre soltera, por tener pocas oportunidades pude haberme ido como indocumentado a Estados Unidos como la mayoría de los jóvenes de mi comunidad, pero preferí estudiar porque considero que eso es lo más importante para mi superación personal y mi comunidad.
Con el apoyo que ustedes me brinden yo podré enfocarme en mis estudios. Además, en los veranos cuando tenga vacaciones, regresaré a mi comunidad a platicar con los jóvenes para impulsarlos a que sigan estudiando. Igualmente, daré clases de escritura de la lengua chatina a los interesados en mi comunidad, para que la lengua siga, y contribuir a que los chatinos se sientan orgullosos de su lengua por que yo puedo escribir chatino. Una vez que yo termine la carrera y haya conseguido un trabajo también podré apoyar a los jóvenes con escasos recursos que quieran superarse en la vida.
"My name is Hugo Reyes Velasco, I am 22, a student and a speaker of the Chatino language. I was born in the community of Santa Lucia Teotepec which is located in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
Currently, I am studying Business Management at the Technological Institute of Tlaxiaco, located on Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca. I come from single mother household. Because of having limited opportunities I could have gone to the United States as an undocumented worker like the majority of young people in my community, but I preferred to study because I think that is the most important thing for my personal development and my community.
With the support you provide me I can focus on my studies. Furthermore, during summer break, I will return to my community to talk with young people to encourage them to continue with their studies. Similarly, I will give Chatino language writing classes to those of my community who are interested so that the language may continue to be used. Because I can write Chatino I will contribute so that Chatinos feel proud of their language. Once I have finished my degree and have a job I to will be able to support young people with limited resources who want to excel in life."
Reginaldo and Hugo Reyes both show excellent promise; however, they have limited resources. Their academic efforts need financial support so that they may continue with their educational goals. Supporting their college education through this scholarship initiative will ensure that they will have the necessary resources to be able to complete their degrees.
Not counting fall semester 2015, Reginaldo has five more semesters to complete his degree and Hugo Reyes has seven. Calculating that the estimated basic expenses of each semester at about 500.00 US dollars, the initiative is proposing a goal of 6,000.00 dollars. Because Reginaldo and Hugo Reyes both attend state schools the cost of tuition is almost free. This money will be used to cover basic living expenses like student housing and meals, school books and materials, and fees for particular classes i.e.: English and Mathematics. If the initiative receives enough money to support their education for subsequent years it will be saved and used for each of their remaining semesters.
#GFMScholarship
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About the Chatino Language Documentation Project (CLDP)
This project has followed a model where local language activism and training have been driving forces in the slow, organic growth of a large-scale effort to document and describe the Chatino languages, which belong to the widespread Otomanguean language family spoken over large areas of southern Mexico.
The project began 2003 through a collaborative effort of Emiliana and Hilaria Cruz and Tony Woodbury, a specialist in documentary linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. Other doctoral students joined the project overtime and undertook the documentation of four more Chatino languages: Eric Campbell (Zenzontepec Chatino), Ryan Sullivant (Tataltepec Chatino), Justin McIntosh (Teotepec Eastern Chatino) and Stéphanie Villard (Zacatepec Eastern Chatino).
The CLDP works at documenting all the Chatino languages. Products of the CLDP include recordings of Chatino speakers telling stories, delivering oratory, praying, and engaging in speech in their daily lives. These recordings are archived at the Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA) http://www.ailla.utexas.org/search/collection.html?c_id=162 and at the Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0132.
The CLDP has also produced linguistic descriptions of the languages, historical studies, and pedagogical materials, which can be found at
https://sites.google.com/site/lenguachatino/.
Chatino languages are very special: they have highly complex tonal systems (like Chinese and Thai but much more elaborate), and in their oratory, speakers follows ancient Mesoamerican poetic traditions.
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The Chatino College Scholarship Initiative Personnel:
Justin McIntosh PhD, Project Director, received his PhD in 2015 from the University of Texas at Austin and specializes in documentary and descriptive linguistics.
Tony Woodbury PhD, Project Co-director, is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in documentary and descriptive linguistics and in the indigenous language of the Americas, with a focus on Chatino languages of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the Eskimo-Aleut languages of Alaska, USA.
Emiliana Cruz PhD, Project Co-director, is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and native to the Chatino-speaking town of Cieneguilla, San Juan Quiahije. She received her PhD in 2011 from the University of Texas at Austin and is a specialist in linguistic anthropology and in the indigenous languages of Oaxaca.
Hilaria Cruz PhD, Project Co-director, is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Kentucky’s Department of Linguistics. Like her sister Emiliana, she is also a native of Cieneguilla, San Juan Quiahije. She received her PhD in 2014 from the University of Texas at Austin and is a specialist in linguistic anthropology, oratory, and poetics.
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Justin McIntosh
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