<div>Hayash mersi, David, pus ukuk "interesting" pipa !</div> <div> </div> <div>What strikes me is the fact that he writes "Shinuk" and "Shainaman", instead of the expected "Chinuk" and "Chainaman". Is this the influence of the "Wait man wawa" ?</div> <div>(As far as I understood, in the present most people of the area pronounce the word "Chinook" with a "sh" at the beginning). Or maybe this is the influence of Chief Leo's native language ? (there is no other "ch", or "sh" instead of "ch", in the text)</div> <div> </div> <div>Francisc<BR><BR><B><I>David Robertson <ddr11@COLUMBIA.EDU></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">An interesting question. That's what Chief Leo of Hlawt (Hallout, a <BR>Shuswap village) asked in the middle of a letter to a priest, circa 1892:<BR><BR>Ilip kopa ukuk,<BR>(BEFORE FROM THAT)<BR>'Before that,<BR><BR>kopit iht mitlait kopa ukuk tilikom.
Klunas<BR>(ONLY 1 EXIST TO THESE PEOPLE DUNNO)<BR>there was only one language for the people. Who knows<BR><BR>ikta ukuk wawa? O, tlus, naika papa liplit,<BR>(WHAT THIS LANGUAGE OH PLEASE MY FATHER PRIEST)<BR>what that language was? Oh, please, my father priest, <BR><BR>mamuk hilp kopa naika. Naika tiki<BR>(MAKE HELP TO ME I WANT)<BR>help me out. I want<BR><BR>pus maika wawa, ikta ukuk wawa,<BR>(FOR YOU SAY WHAT THIS LANGUAGE)<BR>you to tell what that language was,<BR><BR>pus Shinuk, pus Wait man wawa, Shainaman<BR>(IF CHINOOK IF WHITE MAN LANGUAGE CHINESE)<BR>whether it was Chinook, whether it was White man talk, Chinese<BR><BR>wawa, pus Sawash wawa.<BR>(LANGUAGE IF INDIAN LANGUAGE)<BR>language, or if it was Indian.'<BR><BR>--Dave R<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><BR><p>
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