Elizabeth Phillips (Stó:lō Nation elder)

Siyamiyateliyot Elizabeth Phillips an haife ta ne a shekara ta 1939 a Cheam First Nation na British Columbia, Kanada. Ita tsohuwa ce ta Stó:lō Nation kuma mai magana da yaren Halq'emeylem, yaren asalin Fraser Valley da Fraser Canyon a British Columbia.  Ta yi aiki sama da shekaru 50 don adana harshe.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
Mahaifiyar Phillips ta mutu a lokacin haihuwa, kuma mahaifinta ya kawo ta ta zauna tare da dangin Peters a tsibirin Tekun Bird. Iyalin Peters sun kasance ƙwararrun masu magana da yaren Upriver Halq'emeylem. Daga shekara 8 zuwa 15, Phillips ta halarci Makarantar zama ta St. Mary's a Ofishin Jakadancin, British Columbia, inda aka hana ta yin magana da Yaren Halq'emeylem. Duk da haka, ta iya riƙe iyawarta ta yin tunani cikin yaren. 

A farkon shekarunta 30, shugabannin yankin sun tuntuɓi Phillips don fara aiki a matsayin mai fassara ga da'irar yaren dattawa. A cikin shekarar 1980s ta fara aiki a hukumance akan kiyaye harshe ta Cibiyar Ilimin Al'adu ta Coqualeetza.  Phillips, tare da wasu dattawa 11, sun yi aiki tare da masanin harshe Brent Galloway don ƙirƙirar tsarin rubutun Halq'emeylem da kammala ƙamus.  Phillips ta shiga don ci gaba da aikin Elizabeth Herrling wanda ke aiki don rikodi na harshe/yare a cikin labarun amma ta mutu kafin ta kammala aikinta. 

Ta kasance tana aiki tare da masanin harshe Strang Burton tsawon shekaru ashirin. Tare sun rubuta labarai da ƙamus. Burton ya yi amfani da duban dan tayi na harshe don yin rikodin motsin harshen Phillips don taimaka wa ɗalibai a cikin furuci. 

Har yanzu Phillips tana ziyartar azuzuwan harshen Halq'eméylem a kai a kai a Jami'ar Fraser Valley da kuma makarantun yanki. Har ila yau, tana ba da shawarwari game da haɓaka kwasa-kwasan. 

Jami'ar Fraser Valley ta amince da Phillips a cikin shekarar 2018 tare da digiri na Doctor na Haruffa. Russell, Anne. "Siyamiyateliyot Elizabeth Phillips receives UFV honorary degree for efforts to preserve Halq'eméylem language | UFV Today". Retrieved 2020-12-21.

 Wallafe-wallafe 

 Phillips, SE, Gutierrez, XT, & Russell, S. (2017). Magana a cikin yaren Halq'eméylem: Tattaunawa cikin yare na asali. 

 Manazarta 

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1939