OLAC resources in and about the Chinook language

ISO 639-3: chh

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language
• Other resources in the language

Other known names and dialect names: Clackama, Kiksht, Klatsop, Lower Chinook, Tlatsop

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Primary texts

1. Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics Publication no. 6-8. Newman, Stanley; Albright, Robert W; Jacobs, Melville, 1902-. 1958. Bloomington, Ind. oai:gial.edu:4178
2. Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics publication no. 9-11. Kahane, Henry Romanos, 1902-; Propp, V. ︠I︡A. (Vladimir ︠I︡Akovlevich), 1895-1970; Jacobs, Melville, 1902-. 1958. Bibliographical and special series of the American Folklore Society ; v. 9. oai:gial.edu:4179

Lexical resources

1. Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics Publication no. 6-8. Newman, Stanley; Albright, Robert W; Jacobs, Melville, 1902-. 1958. Bloomington, Ind. oai:gial.edu:4178
2. ONLINEThe Vocabulary of the Chinook Language, In: American Anthropologist 6(1):118-147. Franz Boas. 1893. American Anthropological Association. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_chh_vocab-1

Language descriptions

1. Memoir of International journal of American linguistics, 26-29. Webb, Nancy, 1926-; Silverstein, Michael, 1945-; Gates, Henry Phelps; Friedrich, Paul, 1927-. 1971. Indiana University publications in anthropology and linguistics Memoir ; 26-29. oai:gial.edu:5728
2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.1 Resources for Clatsop-Shoalwater Chinook. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:chin1286
3. ONLINENotes on the Chinook Language, In: American Anthropologist 6(1):55-64. Franz Boas. 1893. American Anthropological Association. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_chh_morsyn-1
4. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Chinook (Lower). n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:ckl

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEChinook. Boas, Franz. 1911. Handbook of American Indian Languages 1. oai:refdb.wals.info:2183
2. Preliminary report on the language and mythology of the upper Chinook. Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939. 1907. Lancaster, Pa. : The New Era Publishing Company. oai:gial.edu:10337
3. "In vain I tried to tell you" : essays in native Americna ethnopoetics. Hymes, Dell. 1981. Philadelphia : U of Pennsylvania. oai:gial.edu:23934
4. ONLINEChinook: a language of United States. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:chh
5. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Chinook. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_chh

Other resources in the language

1. ONLINEChinook materials, C. F. Voegelin Papers. Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986. Undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10502
2. ONLINEPenutian materials, C. F. Voegelin Papers. Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986; Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949; Francescato, Giuseppe; Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967. 1952 and undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10503
3. ONLINEChinookan materials, Dell Hymes papers. Hymes, Dell H.; Silverstein, Michael, 1945-. 1950s-1990s. Dell H. Hymes papers. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10401
4. ONLINEYakama materials, Daythal L. Kendall Papers. Kono, Nariyo; Silverstein, Michael, 1945-; Kendall, Daythal; Rigsby, Bruce. 1976-2007. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10280
5. ONLINEChinookan materials, Daythal L. Kendall Papers. Johnson, Samuel; Hymes, Dell H.; Kendall, Daythal; Tarpent, Marie-Lucie. ca.1976-1994. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10258
6. ONLINEChinook materials, Selected materials, 1676-1930, on Indian linguistics. Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969. Undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10033
7. ONLINEClatsop materials, ACLS collection. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942. 1890. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9402

Other known names and dialect names: Clackama, Kiksht, Klatsop, Lower Chinook, Tlatsop

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