[Lexicog] Re:_languages_represented_on_this_list_--_Inezeño_Chumash

[Kenneth C. Hill]

Why the spelling "Inezeño" rather than the correct Spanish "Ineceño"
(though capitalized, of course, for use in English)? (The phoneme in
question is spelled za, ce, ci, zo, zu, -z in Spanish. Ze and zi are
restricted to a few surnames and foreign words.) Is this on account of
J.P. Harrington's usage in his fieldnotes?

--Ken

--- jamatra9 <jamatra at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been working on Inezeño Chumash, a native Californian
> language from Santa Barbara County, since 1969.
>
> There are no living speakers and my research was/is based on John P.
> Harrington's extensive manuscripts.  I model my pronunciation on
> recordings of closely related Barbareño Chumash -- the last
> speaker died in 1965.
>
> Since May of 2003 I have been working with the Santa Ynez Band of
> Chumash Indians to create a language program.  You can view the
> website at www.chumashlanguage.com.
>
> I just discovered this list.  I'm especially interested in the
> discussion of dictionary software, as well as the discussion of
> dictionary entries in polysynthetic languages that elicited so much
> comment a few months ago.
>
> Regards, Richard Applegate
>
>
>



		
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