Hey Chinooker — what’s this?
It’s extra-hard to figure out because there are a couple of spurious loops 😁 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm? kata maika tumtum? Que penses-tu? What do you think? And can you say… Continue reading
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Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost legacy (Part 27B, the 10 commandments: don’t not learn Negative Imperatives!)
Yes, more good stuff for us to learn from. Here we have some very Catholic stuff.
Rounding out our thoughts on ’round’
Continuing our chronicle of “whole wheat” and Chinook Jargon as a Métis language:
Body parts in Northern Chinook Jargon (versus other dialects)
The big pattern that I like to teach to folks is that —
Suttles, “Musqueam Reference Grammar”, Part 8
Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!
French expressions that remind me of Chinook Jargon (Part 1)
I do a good deal of research work on Father JMR Le Jeune’s notebooks.
2 crowdsourcing challenges, 1918+1921, WA: A musical stage play in Chinook Jargon “Wah-Mah-Whah-Lah” + a postcard
The Spring 2013 issue of the magazine Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History had a neat article about someone we’ve gotten to know pretty well from the Chinook Jargon side of her life…
Hey linguistics students: research X-tə́mtəm expressions, please!
Looking for a research paper idea?
Still another pidginized Secwépemc word in Northern Chinook Jargon: sishinim ‘singing’
Naika wawa masi kopa Pir Lio!
Undercover with ípsət
What hidden history might there still be to uncover about Chinuk Wawa’s ípsət (‘hide; cover; secretly’)?