<DIV>Klahawya, Jordan pi kanawi-klaksta,</DIV>
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<DIV>it's really interesting the fact that many words are very similar in CJ and Nahuatl.</DIV>
<DIV>Here are several possibilities:</DIV>
<DIV>- a distant relationship within the hypothetic "Amerind" superphylum between Chinookan and Uto-Aztecan; this would give account for instance for the pronominal root n- for 1st person sg., m- for 2nd person sg., both in Chinook (as well as in other "Penutian" languages, like Sahaptin and Wintu) and in Aztecan languages (Nahuatl, Pipil)</DIV>
<DIV>- a less distant relationship within a "(Macro-)Penutian" macrophylum (I have seen such taxonomic proposals comprising, beside the language families traditionally classified as "Penutian", also Mayan, Mixe-Zoquean, Totonacan, Uto-Aztecan, Zunu, Juave and even Mapudungun [Araucan] !!</DIV>
<DIV>- some trade contacts (before or after the arrival of Europeans), leading to reciprocal borrowings or borrowings from a common source</DIV>
<DIV>- chance resemblances: Chinook Jargon is full of it, for instance:</DIV>
<DIV>CJ lema/lima "hand" is similar to pan-Austronesian lima "hand; five", but comes from French "la main";</DIV>
<DIV>CJ kwinEm "five" is similar to Latin quinque "five" etc;</DIV>
<DIV>Proper Chinook niksht "not" looks very similar to German nicht "not";</DIV>
<DIV>and so on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Francisc<BR><BR><B><I>Jordan Fink <jordan@RISEUP.NET></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I feel like the hissing sound IS kind of like "tl"<BR><BR>On another note, a friend of mind who has studied Nahuatl (the widely used<BR>Aztec trade language) claims that many of the words of Chinook Jargon are<BR>VERY similar to Nahuatl words.<BR><BR>hey all you linguist out there, does that make any sense?<BR><BR>-jordan<BR><BR>To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu masi!<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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