Charley Kahana’s Chinuk Wawa
We have a tantalizing scrap of Hawai’ian-Salish fiddler Charley Kahana’s Chinook Jargon. {BuswellR5(2A)Kahana}
A recent re-creation of Charley Kahana’s “Pigtown Fling“
Even though we don’t have a recording of him doing his famous “Pop Goes the Weasel” in Jargon, I notice at about the 18:39 and 27:29 time marks in some archival audio of him that he says “kloochman” (‘woman’).
With a “k” sound at the beginning.
In an English-language matrix.
Talking to an old White Settler.
Sounding like an old White Settler.
I wonder if he would pronounce it ɬúchmən under any other circumstances?
𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm?
kata maika tumtum? Qu’en penses-tu?
What do you think?
And can you say it in Chinuk Wawa?
Hey! Do you like free stuff? Teach Yourself northern-dialect Chinook Jargon! Free, I say!
And join free Zoom sessions…
Contact me for the Zoom link.
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