Why are ‘grandmothers’ Salish? Some musings
‘Grandmother’ in Chinook Jargon (chích), and its relatives in both Lower Chinookan and Lower Chehalis, may all come from Salish — even though Chinookan is considered unrelated to Salish.
‘Grandmother’ in Chinook Jargon (chích), and its relatives in both Lower Chinookan and Lower Chehalis, may all come from Salish — even though Chinookan is considered unrelated to Salish.
I’ve been running this website for 14½ years, so I think I can box up some Chinook Jargon-related Christmas reading for you by Boxing Day of 2025!
Tlus Lanoel! ɬúsh nowél! Thanks to First Nations Tax Commission ikta mayka chaku-kəmtəks? Ikta maika chako-kumtuks? What have you learned? And, can you say it in Jargon?
Lil’wat composer and recording artist Russell Wallace of BC posted this on his Facebook page the other day: Image lifted from Russell Wallace’s Facebook page, with appreciation Can you read it? It’s Northern… Continue reading →
I intended to try making this very brief!
Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!
A number of the French-sourced words, or variant forms thereof, in Louis-Napoléon St Onge’s manuscript are known to have been preserved in other Pacific NW languages, but have not previously turned up in… Continue reading →
Gee, another item in the “I Thought I Already Blogged That” Department!
I was writing the other day about how Chinuk Wawa is able to do this weird thing of inflecting an interjection!
I had an extra reason to be glad I came to the Joe Peter group this week on Discord*!