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Publication details [#30234]
Montler, Timothy. 1996. A reconstruction of the earliest Songish text. Anthropological Linguistics 38 (3) : 405–438.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Indiana University
ISBN
0003-5483
Annotation
This paper proposes a reconstruction of the earliest recorded Songish (Straits Salishan) text, thus highlighting the form of the language least tainted by European influence. It is suggested to incorporate these reconstructed texts in language revival efforts.