variant of Multnomah

[Tom Larsen]

"Alan H. Hartley" wrote:
>
> Gabriel Franchère writes in 1811 in his Journal (1969, p. 237) "vîmes
> bientôt à 2 vilages appelé Maltnoba".
>
> Can anyone tell me whether m and b alternate commonly in (Upper)
> Chinookan?
>

I don't know for sure about Upper Chinookan in general; but in the
Handbook, Boas talks about how he had a hard time distinguishing between
"m" and "b" in the speech of Charles Cultee (who spoke both Lower
Chinook and Kathlamet).

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Tom Larsen

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