Re: Newbie says hi

Jeff Jones nevesht:
>
>On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:56:06 -0700, Dirk Elzinga <Dirk_Elzinga@...>
>wrote:
>
> >At 8:22 PM -0500 11/4/02, Nathaniel G. Lew wrote:
> >
> >Look at Nootka or the Salish languages if you're interested in languages
> >which have been described as having no noun/verb distinction (though not
> >everyone agrees on that description).
>
>I took your suggestion myself and googled for Nootka language.
>Unfortunately, I have no skill at web searches, and got more results than I
>could look through. A lot of descriptions of books I can't buy, and pages
>with only incidental references, mostly by conlangers. There was one that
>mentioned Chinese language classes at Nootka elementary school.
>
Which is where I went to school.
If you want information on Nootka try googling Nuu-chah-nulth, which is
their own name(lit. 'West coast Language'),Nootka was a
misunderstanding(approx. 'go around the other way')



-Wayne Chevrier



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