Hebrew Shuswap (was Re: Pasayuks inapu)

Mon Aug 14 08:19:35 UTC 2006

David Robertson <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU> wrote:     ...
  Le Jeune was fond of imagining such connections, claiming 
that "Lillooet" comes from "l'alouette" and that he'd once proved to a 
Jewish gentleman that a lot of Shuswap Salish words are related to 
Hebrew. 

  This sounds familiar... There was a legend that the Native Americans were the descendants of the "Lost Tribes of Israel", thus any Hebrew-sounding words found in one language or other (chance resemblances, of course) would be a welcomed confirmation...

  Francisc

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