Description
Book SynopsisIincludes over 9,000 entries, a grammatical sketch, and numerous indexes, along with a wealth of cultural information
Trade Review". . . this dictionary represents a seminal contribution to pedagogy and to future scholarly studies of the language. The compiler's achievement embodies the best results of linguistic documentation in the modern context of language revitalization. Highly recommended."
* Choice *
"Timothy Montler’s Klallam Dictionary is much more than a listing of words in Klallam and English. It is a beautiful, solid volume of information that has potential to be useful to a wide range of people…. from historians and language learners and teachers to linguists."
-- Suzanne Urbanczyk * BC Studies *
"Klallam people from all over the Peninsula and beyond turned out for a recent signing ceremony for the dictionary in Port Angeles. Some cradled the book like a baby. Many already had decided where such an important book would be kept in their home. . ."
* Lynda Mapes *
"The new Klallam Dictionary— celebrated at the gathering of Klallam people from Elwha, Jamestown, and Port Gamble— holds the future of the language. And it holds a lot of history."
-- Richard Walker * North Kitsap Herald *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
Contributing Native-Speaking Elders
A Brief Introduction to the Klallam Language
The Klallam Sounds
The Klallam Word
The Klallam Sentence
About the Dictionary
Organization of Entries
Example Entry
List of Abbreviations
References
Klallam-English Dictionary
English-Klallam Index
Klallam Affix Index
Prefixes
Suffixes
Lexical Suffixes
Klallam Root Index
