Indian Heaven: more about sáx̣ali-íliʔi
I’ve written recently that sáx̣ali-íliʔi is an old lower Columbia phrase in Chinuk Wawa for highlands, uplands, mountainous territory, uphill, and so on.
Monthly Archive: May, 2020
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Chinuk Wawa isn’t “Nominative-Accusative” nor “Ergative-Absolutive”
This is either a trivial point or a huge one.
1897: Yust for fun: Scandihoovian dialect humor
Dialect comedy was ultra-popular in the 1800s, and Scandinavian dialect comedy became a big trend in the post-frontier Pacific Northwest.
Discovering “mammok papoose” & more parallels between animals & humans
A newly discovered phrase in BC Chinook Jargon…
1892: Chinook Whist
Evidently not an April Fools joke!
1907 puzzle: Who was M.B. Scott of Pendleton?
A role model for all of us in the time of Covid Crisis…
1899: Passion Play of the Siwash Indians
The North American popular media of the time (books and newspapers) had a major fascination with the BC Catholic Indians’ major spectacle…
Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation
Not specific to the West Coast, but…
Chinuk Wawa in a Stó:lō hymn book (Part 10)
The last of 3 chorus-only hymn translations.
1871: ADDENDA to early-creolized Chinuk Wawa
Some overlooked early-creolized Chinuk Wawa lexicon…