Chinook Jargon in our lifetime: Tillicum Flour, made in BC
Chinook Jargon spotted on the loose…
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Found some more info on “Doctor Tom from Vancouver Island”
I think there’s a reason the medicine man called Doctor Tom sang in Chinuk Wawa.
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.
Holiday roundup :)
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 (happy holidays)!
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?
Russell Wallace’s “Klatwa”
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
Many sides to ‘help’…and…did re-creolization at Grand Ronde regularize stress?
I intended to try making this very brief!
Suttles, “Musqueam Reference Grammar”, Part 6
Naika wawa masi kopa Paisley pi Mokwst Alex, for reminding me of a great book by a great anthropological linguist!
St Onge’s handwritten dictionary fills in some missing Métis/Canadian French pieces
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
Is mamuk-kumtuks (munk-kə́mtəks) a calque on Métis/Canadian French?
Gee, another item in the “I Thought I Already Blogged That” Department!