What do other people call you behind your back? Exonyms in Chinuk Wawa
Lately I’ve been doing a good deal of research deep into the Chinookan languages, but it’s leading me right back out to the names of foreign tribes!
Lately I’ve been doing a good deal of research deep into the Chinookan languages, but it’s leading me right back out to the names of foreign tribes!
ɬúsh-nánich (tloosh-nanich)!
Thanks to a certain archive, I’ve stumbled onto this mystery and wonder if we can crowdsource an answer to it…
Additions to our knowledge of Métis/Canadian French input to Chinuk Wawa keep showing up.
Why do we need a font for Chinook-Peipa that plays well with word processing software?
The other day, I reported on an (unfortunately) atrocious try at a Chinook Jargon name for a Vancouver, BC housing development.
For real??
The image you’re seeing is from British Columbia, 100% fact-checked! Okok pikcha masaika nanich yakwaa, dleit kopa Bisi-illahi okok, pi dleit naika kumtuks poos nawitka!
Based on conversations I’ve had with actual Pacific Northwesterners, this Chinook Jargon-related question suggests itself:
Among the words from the Lower Chinookan language that we know in Chinuk Wawa is the adverb máɬx̣wəli ‘away; over away; placed elsewhere; on the other side; inland; over in’. That’s the CW… Continue reading →