Washington State: Non-Native teaching Quileute tongue-twisting language

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Peninsula Daily News



Non-Native teaching Quileute tongue-twisting language



Every word spoken in Quileute breathes new life into the ancient Native
American language.
That's the perception of anthropologist Jay Powell, who has taught two
five-week "crash courses" in Quileute - properly pronounced Kwil-LAY-yute -
at LaPush and who hopes to teach two more.
Without energetic efforts by tribal members and their teacher, the language
could disappear. Three, perhaps four, people can speak Quileute fluently.
When they are gone, all that remains will be phrases, greetings, ceremonies
and songs.



Full story:

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080219/NEWS/802190305


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Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138

Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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