Talk:Upper Chinook language

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Wasco-Wishram is the ISO-639-3 WAC. It is therefore a language .. not a dialect .. GerardM 21:16, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This page says the language is extinct, but the Chinookan Languages page says there are still 4 speakers. Furthermore, there are no citations. 70.234.220.4 (talk) 03:14, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am studying Chinookan pages and would like to contribute more to this page. I have the texts by Sapir and want to add a section for phonology based on his work, but converted to IPA, but I don't know how to make the table like on many other pages. Are there instructions or help for this? User:Chasemay 08:11, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps post this request for info at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Endangered languages and a knowledgeable person can help? -Uyvsdi (talk) 04:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

I am studying Kiksht (Wasco-Wishram) and have learned quite a bit about its word order, case, passivization, negation and relativization. My deepest understanding is in word order, so that would be my best contribution to this page. I have quite a few resources, but most of my information has come from:

Boas, Franz (1910). Chinook: An Illustrative Sketch. In Government Printing Office (Eds.), Handbook of American Indian Languages (Bulletin 40), Part 1, of Bureau of American Ethnology. (pp. 563-666). Washington: Government Printing Office.

Dyk, Walter (1933). A Grammar of Wishram. New Haven, CT: dissertation from Yale University.

One Wikipedian mentioned the Sapir texts, which I have as well:

Sapir, Edward (1909). Wishram Texts (Vol. 2). Holland: Leyden.

Like I said, I have access to several other resources, and I can list them here if needed. RevKevGray (talk) 15:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)RevKevGray[reply]

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Wikipedia's Upper Chinook page has an intriguing lead. It has great information on who speaks (spoke) the language, and the information in the lead (regarding number of speaker, etc.) has numerous quality sources.

However, not much information i available on the page. The page's biggest drawback is its lack of information. The page just needs more information on all aspects of the language. Currently, it looks like not much in know about the language in general, but that is not the case. We can offer a lot more information about the Upper Chinook language.

Most improvements to this page are simple additions of word order, case, et cetera. The information already on the page is good information, and much of it will be retained as the page is improved. The page simply needs more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RevKevGray (talk • contribs) 15:24, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]