Txinuk
Txinuk herriak ziren Columbia ibaiko
ibarreko jatorrizko biztanleak, Oregon eta Washington
estatuen arteko mugan. Haien hizkuntzaren pidgin bat
Chinook Jargon edo Txinuk Wawa delakoa, Pazifikoko
kostaldeko indiar askoren artean erabili zen,
Kaliforniatik Alaskara. Oraindik hiztun batzuk geratzen
dira. Txinukera berezkoan, mintzaira desberdinen artean,
Behe Txinukera hila dago jada. Goi Txinukera doi-doi bizi
da, Wishram eta Wasco herrien hizkuntza.
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Chinook
The Chinook were the native
inhabitants of Columbia River, which marks the border
between Oregon and Washington. A pidginized derivation of
their language, called Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa), was
used as a trade language among many nations of the
northwest coast of America, from California to Alaska.
There are still some speakers of Chinuk Wawa left. As for
Chinook proper, one language or dialect group, Lower
Chinook, is extinct. The other language, Upper Chinook,
the Wishram-Wasco language, is in its last days.
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