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Towards a Salish Etymological Dictionary
Academic Work
The substance of this paper consists of a list of 150 roots which are common to Squamish as a representative of Coast Salish, and Shuswap, Coeur d'Alene and/or Kalispel as representatives of Interior Salish. The Sq. material is supplemented with a few Halcomelem items, that of Kal. with a few items from Colville and Flathead. As the S.Georgia branch of the Coast Division and the Interior Division of Salish are not particularly close, the large majority of these roots may be assumed to go back to Proto-Salish. There are 35 items for which Sh. is the only IS source (vs. 7 and 8 for only CdA. and only Kal. respectively). This is at least in part due to the fact that the available Sh. material is more extensive than that of the other two IS languages. But it is possible that certain words are limited to a "northern" dialect-area.
AW.00133
1969
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 4, 1-23
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 4, 1-23
Working Papers
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