TRIUMPH OF THE IGNOROIDS!
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!
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 →
Humor! Ar! Ar!
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?