Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Amount

$144,223.00

Award Date

8/10/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Hiaki (also known as 'Yaqui' and 'Yoeme') is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Southern Arizona and in Sonora Mexico. The Arizona dialect of Hiaki is moribund; its 70-80 native speakers are all fifty years of age or older, and it is not being l