Overview

Chinuk Wawa (also known as Jargon and Chinook Jargon) is a hybrid lingua franca consisting of simplified Chinookan, combined with contributions from Nuuchahnulth (Nootkan), Canadian French, English, and other languages. It originated on the lower Columbia River, where it once was the predominant medium of intertribal and interethnic communication. Even after English came into general use on the lower Columbia, Chinuk Wawa survived for generations in families and communities shaped by the meeting of the region's historically diverse tribes and races. This Chinuk Wawa dictionary is based primarily on records from one such community, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon, where Chinuk Wawa is taught as a community heritage language.

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Author:   The Chinuk Wawa Dictionary Project
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.975kg
ISBN:  

9780295991863

ISBN 10:   0295991860
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   08 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   simplified Chinookan, Nuuchahnulth (Nootkan), Canadian French, English, and other languages

Table of Contents

"Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chiuk Wawa and its speakers How to sse this dictionary Key to the alphabets The grammar of Chinuk Wawa Key to Abbreviations chinuk-wawa kakwa nsayka ulman tilixam laska munk-kemteks nsayka Chinuk Wawa as our elders teach us to speak it hayu chinuk-wawa wext khapa ""ul chinuk-ili?i"" more Chinuk Wawa from the general lower Columbia English Finder Special Conventions t'sem ya?im/ Texts Picture gallery Contents Biographical sketches of the speakers Note on transcription Texts from Hudson family members Texts from Wacheno extended-family members A text in Tualatin Northern Kalapuya and Chinuk Wawa Texts from Clara Riggs A letter from Esther LaBonte Examples of lower Columbia Chinuk Wawa from beyond the Grand Ronde community Appendix: field transcripts of remaining texts recorded by Jacobs from John B. Hudson and Victoria Howard Credits References"

Reviews

"""A treasure trove of knowledge about Wawa in Grand Ronde, this dictionary is also a monument to the vital role it has played and plays in the lives of people there, and across the Northwest."" George Lang, author of Making Wawa: The Genesis of Chinook Jargon"

[A]n excellent overview of the structure and history of the language... [M]onuments for the language-in both sense of the word. The dictionary is a great resource, for creolists as well as for those in the community... in their continued efforts to revive the language in the school and the reservation community. -- Peter Bakker Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

A treasure trove of knowledge about Wawa in Grand Ronde, this dictionary is also a monument to the vital role it has played and plays in the lives of people there, and across the Northwest. George Lang, author of Making Wawa: The Genesis of Chinook Jargon

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