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John Stonham, a Canadian-born linguist based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, has just published the first dictionary of the group of languages known in English as Nootka the tribe apparently chose the name Nuuchahnulth, which means 'along the mountains,' for themselves in 1981.
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Nuuchahnulth refers to around 15 languages, but some have disappeared since 1900 and the remainder are all on the verge of extinction.
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It's actually focussed on the closely related Makah, but he failed to get enough Makah data for a full description and so supplemented it with material from the better known Nuuchahnulth.
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If the Nuuchahnulth manage to pull back out of this well-oiled extinction, then this guy won't be the only expert anymore and the funding he is getting should be going to the Nuuchahnulth themselves.
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Anybody ask the Nuuchahnulth if they even wanted the research done by outsiders?
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In like manner, Nuuchahnulth is rich in lexical items for 'salmon', Eskimo for 'snow' and 'ice', Irish and Hawaiian for 'rain' etc.
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Nuuchahnulth referrs to around 15 languages, but some have disappeared since 1900 and the remainder are all on the verge of extinction.
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As I remember, Nuuchahnulth is the language that has around 30 lexical terms relating to salmon in much the same way that Eskimo Inuit has an almost equal number related to "snow" and Irish Gaelic for types of rain and rainfall.
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If you're interested in Nuuchahnulth grammar, take a look at this dissertation by Matthew Davidson.
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Anybody ask the Nuuchahnulth about how they receive the work, the content, the goal of the work and the acceptance of the researchers?
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