Chinook Wawa
Chinook Jargon; Chinook Pidgin; Chinuk Wawa; Jargon; činúk wáwa
Pidgin or Creole; Chinook based
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"One native speaker of Grand Ronde variety (2009); maybe 1,000 people with L2 knowledge (via oral or written means)"
2013
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"... Chinuk Wawa has for some time been one of the markers of a specifically Pacific Northwest ethos and a sense of a regional 'cool' (and not only among people of Native American heritage); names taken from Chinuk Wawa ... are used to name stores and other businesses, for example."
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Chinuk Wawa is spoken and taught by a few members of the the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon USA. Classes are offered in Chinuk Wawa at Lane Community College in Eugene and Portland Community College.
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2012
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Chinuk Wawa originated on the lower Columbia River, where it once was the predominant medium of intertribal and interethnic communication.
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Chinuk Wawa originated on the lower Columbia River, where it once was the predominant medium of intertribal and interethnic communication.
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Chinuk Wawa is a hybrid lingua franca consisting of simplified Chinookan, combined with contributions from Nuuchahnulth (Nootkan), Canadian French, English, and other languages.
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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Language Program offers: preschool immersion classes, partial immersion opportunities for kindergarten students, an after-school bilingual language program (K-5), and adult language classes offered for university credit. 1st and 2nd grade curricula for blended immersion classroom settings are also under development.
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2010
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There were 83 speakers in Canada in 1962.
2009
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1 (Grant 2013).
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Still occasionally used by a few.
2008
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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- Chaku-Kəmdəks Chinuk WawaEric Bernando. "Chaku-Kəmdəks Chinuk Wawa." Online: http://learnchinookjargon.wordpress.com/.http://learnchinookjargon.wordpress.com/
- . Online: http://www.cal.org/heritage/profiles/programs/GrandRonde.html.http://www.cal.org/heritage/profiles/programs/GrandRonde.html
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Language ProgramHeritage Languages in America. "Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Language Program." Online: http://www.cal.org/heritage/profiles/programs/GrandRonde.html.http://www.cal.org/heritage/profiles/programs/GrandRonde.html
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