chinook's entry in the ethnologue


Mon Sep 7 06:18:41 UTC 1998


hi ,

for those who don't know the ethnologue is ah info-service
for language on the internet

here's the entry about chiook wawa :

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CHINOOK WAWA (CHINOOK JARGON, CHINOOK PIDGIN) [CRW] 100 total speakers
possibly including USA, all over 50 years old (1962 Chafe); 17 speakers =
in
USA (1990 census). British Columbia. Pidgin, Amerindian. Formerly used =
along
the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska, between Indian and white, and
between speakers of different languages. All speakers are now probably
scattered. Bible portions 1912. Nearly extinct.
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because of i heard something different in this group ,
the number of speakers may not be true and we should tell
thouse guys from the ethnologue that they shall correct our
entry , or what are your opinions ?

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di w=3DF6d is a mea oone schtraund unt mia saj di wossalaichn
la mond est maro sen pla=3DF8o & ni est l'akvomortanti
zemlja je more bez pla=3DE6a i smo mrtvaci u vodu
a v=3DEDl=3DE1g 1 tenger n=3DE9lk=3DFCl stranda =3DE9s vagyunk hallatul =
v=3DEDzben





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