1852: Acrolectal California CPE
I think there are typographical errors in this quotation…
Monthly Archive: September, 2021
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More of Fred Mock’s Idaho Chinook Jargon
Many thanks to reader Jeff Wade of Idahistory Tours for this one!
Native people’s voices in “Kamloops Wawa” (Part 2: silent “IT” in an ad)
A entrepreneurial man writes from a Nɬeʔképmx village to offer salmon for sale…
JP Harrington’s letters in Grand Ronde-ish Chinuk Wawa (part 1 of 2)
Just a 2-part miniseries on the CW of renowned linguistic researcher JP Harrington.
Circa 1852: A “Pioneer Experience” to back-translate
This happened on an Oregon Settler homestead claim near Cape Horn, below the Cascades of the Columbia River.
There is only one Negative prefix in CW…but it’s attached to a cool fossil
Thinking this over —
Kamloops Wawa humour (part 2: the soupy newspaper)
Like most of the jokes in Kamloops Wawa, this one’s pretty mild & family-friendly.
1881: Jack’s Chinuk Wawa letter
Quileute tribal members (image credit: Peninsula Daily News) Jack’s letter, 1881 as published by Dr. Barbara P. Harris in 1984 revisited by David Douglas Robertson PhD & the Snass Sessions class on August 14,… Continue reading
Listen to “SÁMETL” in CW
Now you can read along and listen to “SÁMEL“…
1792: Moziño, “Noticias de Nutka”, the first clear “Nootka” pidgin (part 2 of 2)
[Continuing from Part 1, yesterday.] Mociño goes on with his description of the local language; on page 53 he notes, …I observed that with some small variations they [verbs] could be turned into… Continue reading