Chinook Jargon in the news: Who is Louis Creek named after?
Hollie Ferguson has written an excellent regional news item about a respected kúkpi7 (chief) who spoke and wrote Chinuk Wawa.
Monthly Archive: August, 2023
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1889: A Klonas affair
An out-of-the-ordinary loan from Chinuk Wawa into English:
1912: Address delivered at…Grand Ronde! (Part 1 of 5: earliest ‘room’)
naika wiht wawa mirsi kopa ukuk Qalis pi Alik Kod…
How do you use “tu məch” in northern Chinuk Wawa?
We may only have a couple of examples of tu məch (‘too much’), but they’re indicative…
1916: Annual Reunion of Oregon Pioneers
Every meeting of these oldtimers involved Chinook Jargon …
Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 10: Philibert-Michel Termoz
Chinuk Wawa is a language for talking about your real life — so how about learning to say ‘I had some hard work to do, so I’m running late’?
/said/ ‘side’, a Northern Chinuk Wawa word
Straight thru the history of the Kamloops Wawa newspaper, we find the recent English loanword said ‘side’ used quite a lot.