Do sound recordings of spoken Chinookan exist?

David Robertson drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG
Tue Jan 19 06:38:04 UTC 1999


LhaXayEm!

A correspondent asks me:

>Speaking of Chinook, are you aware of any kind of language maintenance
>efforts for Wasco/Wishram?  If you have ever seen or heard of audio tape
>material in Wishram, I'd love to hear about it.  I've always been
>curious to know what spoken Chinook actually sounds like!

I (Dave) suspect there may be recordings made by Jacobs or Sapir, for
example, of speech and perhaps some in the Burke Museum or elsewhere of
songs.  Can anyone provide a more illuminating answer, though, for me to
pass on to the person who wrote the preceding?

Mersi, shiks.
Dave



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