Is the Cowlitz “prefix” yəx- actually a Chinuk Wawa numeral?
The entry yə́xa, yə́x- ‘only, nothing but’, in M. Dale Kinkade’s 2004 “Cowlitz Dictionary and Grammatical Sketch”, has got me asking for some explanations…
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Chinook Jargon in the news: “Pollinator Path” at the Pacific Science Center
The Pacific Science Center, in Seattle, announces a new museum exhibit that involves Chinook Jargon.
Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost linguistic legacy (Part 19)
The 19th pair of pages in this precious document again brings us plenty of stuff worth knowing about Chinook Jargon.
1918, Kennewick, WA: Kultus German
We’ve found a remarkable number of German people associated with Chinook Jargon, but today’s clipping uses Jargon against those folks…
Chinook Jargon in the news: Visit Fort Nisqually on April 27th
Reproducing a flier from Fort Nisqually — save the date!
Chinook Jargon in the news: Sky Hopinka exhibit thru May 26 in Seattle
An artist who we’ve seen use Chinook Jargon in his work does it again…
Chinook Jargon in the news: Skookumchuck String Band
Victoria, BC’s weekly “Monday Magazine” brings us our latest Chinuk Wawa in the news.
1897, Chilliwack BC: I delate cumtuxed or heap sabed
I’m sorry that all I have is this tantalizing British Columbia snippet from an obscure book for you today.
‘HIDDEN’ :: ‘SHUT’, an Indigenous metaphor
Rats & mice have a reputation of thievery in the Pacific Northwest.
Chinuk Wawa in the arts: “The Sun is Setting on the British Empire”
Here’s quite an interesting work of art that you may not have known of.