Etymologies: the huge family of Lower Chinookan -skan, and the huge value of back-translating
I’m not here to criticize my academic great-grandfather Franz Boas, I’m here to help folks understand Indigenous languages a bit better, just like him.
I’m not here to criticize my academic great-grandfather Franz Boas, I’m here to help folks understand Indigenous languages a bit better, just like him.
I don’t really get what’s so “Chinuk” about this place — — but their logo suggests a real PNW treat. Bellingham, Washington’s Chinuk Restaurant, “flavors of the Northwest”. 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka… Continue reading →
Noted from the early 1810’s at Fort Astoria, kʰə́ltəs wáwa is among the handful of multi-word phrases in Chinuk Wawa that we know from the earliest documents.
I see one of my favorite college professors documented the farthest southern reach of any Chinook Jargon word!
ɬúsh pus q’wəlán úkuk kʰapa chinúk sháwásh tílixam:
Hey, Chinook crowd! Can we crowdsource an answer here?
Did the phrase “the above chief” precede Chinook Jargon’s sáx̣ali-táyí, and inspire it?
HIRE A LINGUIST! (That’s me.)
Today, I just realized, is the dealine for this excellent opportunity: The Tloosh Tumtum Native Educator Fellowship (click that link!) Tloosh tumtum is ɬúsh-tə́mtəm, ‘good heart’ — and many more meanings, depending on the… Continue reading →
We are extremely fortunate that some of the very first stuff written down in Chinook Jargon was full sentences; there are things in this language that are hard to spot otherwise.