Marie Smith Jones

Marie Smith Jones
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Marie Smith Jones
Haihuwa	Cordova (en) , 14 Mayu 1918
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Harshen uwa	Eyak (en)
Mutuwa	Anchorage (en) , 21 ga Janairu, 2008
Makwanci	Angelus Memorial Park (en)
Karatu
Harsuna	Eyak (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	linguist (en)

Marie Smith Jones (an haife ta a watan Mayu 14, 1918 – Janairu 21, 2008) ɗan ƙasar Amurka ne wanda shine mai magana na ƙarshe da ya rayu na yaren Eyak na Kudancin Tsakiyar Alaska . An haife ta a Cordova, Alaska, ita ce shugabar girmamawa ta Eyak Nation da Eyak mai cikakken jini na ƙarshe. A cikin wata hira ta 2005, Smith Jones ta bayyana cewa sunanta a Eyak shine 'udAch' k'uqAXA'a'ch' ( / ʔutət͡ʃ' k'uqəχəʔaˀt͡ʃ' / ) wanda ta ce, tana fassara da "sauti mai kiran mutane daga nesa" .

Tarihin Rayuwa

Jones ya auri wani mai kamun kifi, William F. Smith, a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1948. Ko da yake tana da yara tara tare da Smith, ba su koyi magana da Eyak ba saboda rashin mutuncin zamantakewa da ke tattare da shi a lokacin. Ta koma Anchorage a cikin 1970s. Domin rikodin yaren Eyak ya tsira, ta yi aiki tare da masanin ilimin harshe Michael E. Krauss, wanda ya tsara ƙamus da nahawunsa. Babban yayanta na ƙarshe ya mutu a cikin 1990s. Bayan haka, Jones ya shiga siyasa, kuma sau biyu ta yi magana a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan batutuwan zaman lafiya da harsunan asali. Ta kuma kasance mai himma game da al'amuran muhallin Indiya, gami da share fage . Jones ta sha fama da shaye-shaye a farkon rayuwarta, amma ta daina shan giya yayin da take farkon 50s; ta kasance mai yawan shan taba har zuwa mutuwarta. Ta mutu saboda dalilai na halitta a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 2008, tana da shekaru 89 a gidanta a Anchorage.

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Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Marie Smith Jones on National Public Radio
• Marie Smith Jones at Find a Grave
• Obituary by The Economist, 7 February 2008
• Article on Marie Smith Jones from Anglicans Online