An unlikely source brings us an excellent question: What is the oldest city in Washington State?

I’ve previously featured little bits of this “Monthly Budget” — but here’s a great big blast of real Chinook Jargon for you to practice reading.

I was re-reading a linguistics conference paper, and was reminded of some humor that involves Chinook Jargon.

Truly a gem — Chinuk Wawa words of a Grand Ronde-area Métis, in the early reservation era!

The admiring tone of a new article in “BC Catholic” is to be expected, but you’ll learn cool stuff about Chinook Jargon history in the province.

Often we can spot Chinuk Wawa lurking behind the curtains, as other Northwest languages occupy center stage.

Chinuk Wawa was invented by…

This installment #2 in our mini-series was a really popular song in the Pacific NW, so we have audio of ancestors singing it…

“Sprechen sie Deutsch? Parlez-vous français? Mika cumtux Chinook waw waw?”

Neat question — to what extent is this a joke?