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If you know anywhere that has a list of more words as well that would be great.

2006-11-18 08:20:10 · 1 answers · asked by Jacqui 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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The only published dictionary of Kwakwala is: David McC. Grubb. 1977. A Practical Writing System and Short Dictionary of Kwakw'ala (Kwakiutl). Canada, National Museum of Man, Mercury Series, Ethnology Service Paper 34. Ottawa. (I don't own this volume, so I don't know exactly what it is like.)

There is a more extensive list of Kwakwala words in: Neville J. Lincoln and John C. Rath. 1980. North Wakashan Comparative Root List. Canada, National Museum of Man, Mercury Series, Ethnology Service Papers 68. Ottawa. But the problem with using this source is that the Kwakwala forms are in alphabetical order according to the Haisla cognate and there is no English-Wakashan index. You have to just skim through several thousand sets of forms to find what you need. (I own this volume, but it is difficult to use as a straight dictionary.)

2006-11-18 11:39:47 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0 0

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