Show Student Project May Preserve Ute Language The fast disappearing ute language may be preserved after all An Indiana University stud stud- student ent working on a doctors doctor's de- de degree degree gree in anthropology has been awarded a Ford Foundation Foundation tion grant for one year to an- an analyze the ute language JOSE JOSEPH H G Jorgensen who worked as as asa a director of the Ute Utes Hill Creek youth camp this summer is the recipient He will attempt to ascertain the significant vowels and consonants of as It is spoken and attach symbols to them He thinks this should make It possible for the utes to write their own language At present the Ute language is 18 unwritten One reason is that there are arc sounds which cannot be represented by the letters of the English alpha alpha- Vet Det ATTEMPTS HAVE been made to write a dictionary of Ute words but none have been very extensive Ute is spoken by utah utes at Ft Duchesne the Ute Mountain Utes at Towaoc Colo and the S Southern Utes at Ignacio Similar tribal lan lan- languages languages are arc the Pluto Piute Sho- Sho Shoshone Shoshone shone Hopi Comanche Com Com- Comanche and cerr certain tain other Western tribes |