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My friend Beth is perhaps the best Chinuk Wawa teacher in the business.
Chinook Jargon was there. I lifted this from a recent Facebook post by the excellent Nicola Valley Museum & Archives in Merrit, BC. Enjoy! Happy Easter! Today we’ll take a look at the… Continue reading →
I always heard, “The poor workman blames his tools.” 🙂
The October 1, 2025 edition of The British Columbia Review was a nice report on people’s work to get Northern Chinook Jargon spoken again. Go give it a read, it’s good! 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙?… Continue reading →
A good sentiment in Chinook Jargon. “Tilikom klaska mamuk [Ø], kakwa chikmin wiht ukuk.“ (tílixam ɬaska mámuk, kakwa chíkʰəmin wə́x̣t úkuk.) “The people built it, and that’s also like money.” 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙?qʰáta… Continue reading →
We’ve seen a number of ads that used Chinook Jargon. Image credit: DailyVerses.net Also advertisements 🙂 Here’s more, thanks to our reader Alex Code. This advert uses some frontier-era humour as well as… Continue reading →
Pick any side to side with and you’ll find this one painful.
More from the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.