Naika wawa masi kopa Tiyaha (I say thanks to T.) for pointing this recently published book out to me1

— from the Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer of March 19, 1897, page 6, column 5 𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm? kata maika tumtum?  Que penses-tu?  What do you think? And can you say it… Continue reading →

Good news, we’re near the end! 😊

Another gem from a seldom documented subvariety of the Central (i.e. Columbia River) Dialect of Chinuk Wawa!

There’s something of a through-line in Chinook Jargon, in terms of alternative pronunciations of “everything”.

You can ask an expert personally about any questions bugging you about learning Chinook Jargon.

Add this to our enormous heap of material to get “back-translated” to Chinuk Wawa!

The Canadian federal government’s person put in charge of Indigenous affairs in the Kamloops, BC area was John Freemont (or Fremont) Smith (1850-1934).

Here’s a sketch of a concept of an idea…

Made me laugh when I found this one.