Website with curricular materials for Indigenous language learning: Chinuk Wawa language.
Also Known As:
Chinook Jargon, Chinook Pidgin, Chinuk Wawa, Jargon, činúk wáwa
Dialects & Varieties
- Grand Ronde
Chinuk Wawa
Chinuk Wawa
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
1,000
Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
USA, Canada
Location Description
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
"... 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."
Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Recent Resources
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language and Technology
Language, Culture, and Arts
Language in Society
Language in the Community
An experimental documentary centered around the Chinook story of the origin of death, as two peop
Language, Culture, and Arts
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language in the Community
A short film by Sky Hopinka, exploring the connections between places in the Portland Metro area