Respected elder Dr Louis Miranda tells you what Northern Chinook Jargon is like (Part 2: huloiman)
; More from the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
; More from the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!
Here’s a low-down difference between the dialects of Chinuk Wawa that can be very prominent sometimes…
(I’m not talking about the Rogue Rivers 😊) Why, we were just talking about this Chinook Jargon trick last night!
POINT #1: The earlier form of the word for “tongue” and “language” appears to have been the Central Dialect’s lalak.
Getting around to writing this long-planned post the day after a “Joe Peter” group transcription session where the point came up…
Just making sure I park this observation somewhere in public.
From the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.
Is your head outside of your body? Talkin’ about exocentric compounds!
Crazy, man!