[Athapbasckan-L] "Butterfly" in Athapascan languages

[Lynda Minoose]

The term  "Athabaskan" languages was changed to "Dene '' languages at a
Dene Language Conference in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Athabaskan is an
Algonkian language word which refers to the Dene people. We refer to
ourselves as Dene which is made up of many distinct tribes and languages
throughout North America. I belong to the Denesųłiné group which is one
of languages of Dene Nation.  There are 19 Denesųłiné communities in
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and NorthWest Territories, Canada.
Butterfly in Denesųłiné is "yagole." I’ve also heard some elders call
them "galamalas"

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 7:37 AM Kienpointner, Manfred <
Manfred.Kienpointner at uibk.ac.at> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> I am a retired professor of general and applied linguistics (Univ. of
> Innsbruck, Austria). Among my main research areas are rhetoric and
> argumentation and contrastive linguistics (Latin-German, Turkish-German).
>
> Besides, I am writing a popular booklet about general names for
> "butterfly" in 200 languages. With this project, I would like to draw the
> attention of interested lay people to the endangered status of both these
> charming creatures and many small indigenous languages.
>
> Of course, I am not competent as far as the vast majority of these 200
> languages is concerned. That is why I ask native speakers and experts for
> help and to have a controlling look at my data, which I collected from
> dictionaries, grammars, articles, and available internet sources.
>
>
> If you could help me with butterfly words in four Athapascan languages (I
> have data from Carrier, Slavey, Navajo and Western Apache), I would send
> you my little texts (a few lines per language). I also have data from Haida
> (I am aware of the fact that Haida is considered to be a language isolate
> by the majority of experts, so Haida is not related to Athapascan
> languages, but I suppose that some of you might have expert knowledge of
> Haida, too).
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Manfred Kienpointner
>
>
>
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