BCMetisMan, to Sleeping
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ɬush pʼus san! (Happy cat day!)

yaka wawa "wik nayka gitəp!" (She says "I don't want to get up!")

BCMetisMan, to languagelearning
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Check out this transcription effort! Audio taken from wax cylinders made in the 1940's to capture the language of old "Chinookan" but what he recorded was actually Chinook Jargon/Chinuk Wawa. Joe Peter is the Indigenous man that was providing the translation to Chinook/Chinuk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRN1khqF-zI

#language #languages #languagerevitalization #chinook #chinuk #chinookjargon #chinukwawa #kamloopswawa

MargueriteHBC, to books
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YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"All the Indians as usual followed us with the Constant Cry of Cynol or Tobacco. Got above the Big Dalles by 1 pm & arrived at the little Dalles and passed them by 2 and at 3 arrived at the Chutes where met with a greater Concourse of of Indians than I ever saw here. They volunteered to Carry the Boats which I permitted as I did not wish to encamp here for fear they might inure the Cattle. After we got everything... #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney #Books

BCMetisMan,
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@MargueriteHBC @3DBill nawitka nayka wawa kʰapa chinuk. msayka wawa ukuk tənəs wawa kʼaynuɬ pi ukuk tənəs wawa miɬayt "tobacco" kʰapa bastən wawa. tkʼup man yaka wawa "tobacco" nsayka wawa kʼaynuɬ.

BCMetisMan, to languagelearning
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ɬush chxi-san kʰanawi ɬaska! nayka tiki mayka miɬayt ɬush san!
(Good morning everyone! I want you to have a good day!)

#chinuk #chinook #chinookjargon #chinukwawa #chinooknation #goodmorning #languages #language #languagerevitalization

BCMetisMan, to random
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dret ɬush ukuk shawash stick hihi chikʰəmin na iskum!
(Very nice lacrosse coin I acquired!)

#lacrosse #chinookjargon #chinukwawa #chinuk #chinook #Indigenous

BCMetisMan, to languagelearning
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Tansi Kiya? (Cree - Hi how are you?)

ɬax̣ayam, qʰata mayka (chinuk wawa - Hi, how are you?)

Learn a new language today!

#language #languages #chinukwawa #chinookjargon #chinook #chinuk #cree #nehiyawewin #languagerevitalization

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