Chinuk Wawa : kakwa nsayka ulman-tilixam laska munk-kemteks nsayka = As our elders teach us to speak it / the Chinuk Wawa Dictionary Project.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chinuk Wawa Dictionary Project.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

Chinook jargon

English

Subjects (All):

Chinook language--Dictionaries--English.

Chinook language.

Chinook Wawa language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Chinook Wawa language.

Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Dictionaries.

Controlled vocabularies.

Physical Description:

494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

As our elders teach us to speak it

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon ; Seattle, WA : distributed by University of Washington Press, 2012.

Language Note:

In English and Chinook.

Summary:

The first Chinuk Wawa-English dictionary was published in 2001 both to preserve the language of the Grand Ronde people of eastern Oregon, and to provide a resource for teachers and learners. This edition incorporates many more illustrative sentences to demonstrate how earlier speakers were able to express whatever they wanted, many of these cross-referenced to sample texts that are appended as a new independent section. Also new are a sketch of Chinuk Wawa grammar; etymological notes on the origins of words; and a supplementary vocabulary of words, expressions, and meanings that are known from other parts of the greater lower Columbia River region but have not been passed down from Grand Ronde elders. An English-Chinuk Wawa section keys to the main section. Distributed in the US by University of Washington Press. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0295991860

9780295991863

OCLC:

768800446

Publisher Number:

99948025338