Daily Archive: June 4, 2021

Ai vs. siahush in northern CW, or, the grass vs. the prairie

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The northern dialect of Chinuk Wawa happened later.

‘How’ for ‘why’ is from Chinookan

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Saying qʰáta ‘how’ to express ‘why’ in CW looks to be modeled on Chinookan languages’ patterns.