Respected elder Dr Louis Miranda tells you what Northern Chinook Jargon is like (Part 2: huloiman)
; More from the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
; More from the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!
Here’s a low-down difference between the dialects of Chinuk Wawa that can be very prominent sometimes…
(I’m not talking about the Rogue Rivers š) Why, we were just talking about this Chinook Jargon trick last night!
POINT #1: The earlier form of the word for “tongue” and “language” appears to have been the Central Dialect’s lalak.
Getting around to writing this long-planned post the day after a “Joe Peter” group transcription session where the point came up…
Just making sure I park this observation somewhere in public.
From the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
Is your head outside of your body? Talkin’ about exocentric compounds!