Re: Help with US SW langs + new lang

>Now for the point of the question: In the area I described, what are the
>major Native languages that would most likely have influence on the Modzhi
>language? More specifically in the US, for I know the Canadian region well
>enough; influence will come from Tlingit, Halkomelem (especially, since
>the capital region, Vancouver *here*, is Halkomelem territory), Shuswap
>and Blackfoot. So yeah, I'm thinking more the southern area, like Northern
>Cal, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming-ish area.
For the Northern area, did you consider Chinook Jargon? It was for a while
the lingua franca in BC and Oregon, so it could have a big influence on
Modzhi or vice versa.

Rob