Description
Book SynopsisDocuments the language of the Umatilla people east of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington.
Trade Review"The fruit of decades of collaboration between fluent native speakers and professional scholars, including linguists, anthropologists, and botanists, this monumental work is crucial for transmitting the traditional complexities of Umatilla to younger generations…. This painstaking labor of love exemplifies the very best results achievable through intensive, long-term cooperation among specialists in diverse fields. It will undoubtedly prove of great value to scholars both outside and within Oregon's native communities and to libraries maintaining Native American collections, as it provides the cornerstone to all future efforts to foster the Umatilla language….Essential."
* Choice *
"[A] very welcome and useful dictionary. . . . [T]his well-produced book…is one that anybody with an interest in Sahaptin or in languages of the Northwest in general will find it profitable to consult."
-- Paul D. Kroeber * Anthropological Linguistics *
Table of ContentsForeword
Čáwna mún náamta
Background
A Brief Grammar
A Note on Nez Perce
Grammatical Paradigms
Texts
Pamáwaniča Tátatma Čná Tiičámpa, ‘The Foods Named Themselves in This Land’
Pápšuyit, ‘The Wedding Trade’
Anwíčt, ‘The Year’
Naamí Snwit, ‘Our Language’
Tas, ‘Dogbane’
K̓st, ‘Cold’
The Dictionary
Umatilla–English
English–Umatilla
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