Monthly Archive: February, 2026

Suttles, “Musqueam Reference Grammar”, Part 8

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Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!

French expressions that remind me of Chinook Jargon (Part 1)

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I do a good deal of research work on Father JMR Le Jeune’s notebooks.

2 crowdsourcing challenges, 1918+1921, WA: A musical stage play in Chinook Jargon “Wah-Mah-Whah-Lah” + a postcard

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The Spring 2013 issue of the magazine Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History had a neat article about someone we’ve gotten to know pretty well from the Chinook Jargon side of her life… 

Hey linguistics students: research X-tə́mtəm expressions, please!

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Looking for a research paper idea?

Still another pidginized Secwépemc word in Northern Chinook Jargon: sishinim ‘singing’

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Naika wawa masi kopa Pir Lio!