A reason, maybe, for that spelling “Ts’inuk”
I think the alternate spelling of “Chinook” as < Ts’inuk > goes back to one or more very well-informed researchers of our region’s Indigenous languages.
I think the alternate spelling of “Chinook” as < Ts’inuk > goes back to one or more very well-informed researchers of our region’s Indigenous languages.
Here’s quite an interesting parallel, I think.
It’s Part 3 of our mini-series exploring Chinuk Wawa’s impact on Oregon Geographic Names…
When I look at questions about future ‘when’ (that is, ‘when will…?’) in Lower Chinookan, I wonder if I’m seeing useful clues…
It’s true that I have touched on elements of this before, but today I think I can prove a strong Lower Chinookan pattern behind some common CW phrases…
The first thing to say about C[harles L.] Willoughby’s [1832-1888] brief ethnography, “Indians of the Quinaielt Agency, Washington Territory” is…
One of the earliest published vocabularies of Chinuk Wawa is a frustrating mess…
As well as advocating for a pension for a longtime police chief, the Victoria paper stressed that a new Chinuk Wawa interpreter would need to be hired to replace him.
Continuing to the end of this surprisingly interesting book…
I want to direct you to a good read over at MYNorthwest…