North American French pronunciation habits help explain Jargon “R-dropping”
Chinook Jargon doesn’t “drop its R’s” nearly as often as the “R-less” English dialects do…
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How many commandments is this, total? :) (10 Commandments, Part 4)
So now we’ve looked at “10 Commandments” translations from a pioneer girl, 3 British preachers, and an American crank…
More about pʰasáyuks: why not pʰlasáyuks?
If you’ve been exposed to my website more than a couple of times, you know I promote the idea that there’s a lot of history in every word…
The strange case of malyí
Wouldn’t you just know that Chinuk Wawa would take its word for ‘marry’ from Canadian French…
ca. 1880: Grand Ronde discovery: Schoolkids’ letter in Chinuk Wawa (Henry Zenk guest post)
Today’s post was kindly contributed by Henry Zenk (Grand Ronde Tribes language program)…
húyhuy ‘trade’ as a Canadian French word
A word you wouldn’t think of as French…
French-C.W. domestic animals without articles: A modest proposal
On the subject of which French-Canadian words came into Chinuk Wawa with & without definite articles le/la/les…
ísik-stík is ash, not elm, and it’s creole CW
Just to clarify something an old admired source once wrote:
Myron Eells speaks, Part 3 of 3
Reverend Eells checks in again, and the news is that he’s used Chinuk Wawa as a bridge…
1901: Martha Douglas Harris’s “Chee-chee-ka” (Part 4)
Today we conclude our look into a fascinating Jargon story from one of “Father of BC” James Douglas’s human children.