Nuu-chah-nulth found (fwd link)

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Nuu-chah-nulth found

By Wawmeesh G. Hamilton - Alberni Valley News
Published: February 18, 2010 1:00 PM
British Columbia, CA

Dennis Bill, a teacher at AW Neill Middle School instructs a class of
23 boys and girls on how to pronounce words as he softly scrawls
letters in dark marker on a whiteboard.

“Chims,” he says. Chim-tuu.” The ‘ch’ sound is like that in ‘chapter,’ he adds.

The words are in the Nuu-chah-nulth language. Chims means bear, and
chimtuu squirrel.

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/albernivalleynews/news/84715892.html



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