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SCURVEY (Ed) and Bob Charlies: - Kutchin: Indian Words and Meanings.
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Published by The Whitehorse Star Ltd [no date] [1974] Small 12mo, 140 x 108 mms., pp. [12], printed on stiff orange paper, stapled at folds, with illustration on front cover and on recto of first leaf after title-page. A fine copy. According to the Alaskan State Library catalogue, this is a dictionary of the language "Kuchin Athapaskan." The language is also known as the "Gwich'in language", and has gone under other names as well, including of course "Kutchin" (the name used on the title page of this book), a variant of the spelling "Kuchin." Wikipedia says, "Few Gwich'in speak their indigenous Gwich'in language, which is in the Athabaskan language family. There are two main dialects of Gwich'in, eastern and western, which are delineated roughly at the United States-Canadian border. Each village has unique dialect differences, idioms, and expressions. The Old Crow people in the northern Yukon have approximately the same dialect as those bands living in Venetie and Arctic Village, Alaska. According to the UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, Gwich'in is now a 'severely endangered' language, with fewer than 150 fluent speakers in Alaska and another 250 in northwest Canada. Innovative language revitalization projects are underway to document the language, and to enhance the writing and translation skills of younger Gwich'in speakers." Copies located in Peabody Essex Museum, Library and Archives Canada, Inuvik Centennial Library, University of Alberta Libraries, Alaska State Library, and Newberry.
GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 323 US$ 349.96 | JP¥ 54787] Booknumber: 9073
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GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 323 US$ 349.96 | JP¥ 54787] Booknumber: 9073
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