• Nilh Izá Sptákwlhkalh/These Are Our Legends
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Nilh Izá Sptákwlhkalh/These Are Our Legends

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Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series,...
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  • 15 November 2015
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Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooet sptakwlh (variously translated into English as "legends," "myths," or "bed-time stories."

These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers themselves. An English translation is also given. Basic information on the Lillooet language, its grammar, and a glossary are included in the volume.

With thanks to the Mount Currie Cultural Centre and the Tszil Publishing House.

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Price: $24.95
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Imprint: University of Regina Press
Series: First Nations Language Readers
Publication Date: 15 November 2015
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.51 in
ISBN: 9780889773967
Format: Paperback
BISACs: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Native American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
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Jan van Eijk has studied the Lillooet language for over 40 years and has published a large number of studies on the language, including the first comprehensive descriptive grammar of Lilloet, The Lillooet Language: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax. He is employed in the Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures at First Nations University of Canada in Regina.