Re-creolization + re-Métis-ization in the Grand Ronde reservation community
POINT #1: The earlier form of the word for “tongue” and “language” appears to have been the Central Dialect’s lalak.
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South-North dialect difference: How to express “of/to” in “afraid of/to”
Getting around to writing this long-planned post the day after a “Joe Peter” group transcription session where the point came up…
mama, papa: shifting etymologies
Just making sure I park this observation somewhere in public.
Respected elder Dr Louis Miranda tells you what Northern Chinook Jargon is like (Part 1: tl’ap)
From the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
PS: some Chinuk Wawa dialects have “exterior-heads”
Is your head outside of your body? Talkin’ about exocentric compounds!
A modest proposal: ínatay for ‘against’, ‘contrary’, etc.
Not my idea. Thanks to Louis-Napoléon St Onge.
Hey Chinooker — what’s this?
[Editing 02/15 to give it away: these are all 10 of the Chinook-Peipa number symbols, from 1 to 0, in order! Dave Robertson] It’s extra-hard to figure out because there are a couple… Continue reading
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: