Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages

Sketch of Grammar of the
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Title: Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is
Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words
Author: John Summerfield
Release Date: November 14, 2006 [EBook #19807]
Language: English
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[Transcriber's Note:

This e-text consists of two books: Spellings for the Schools in the
Chipeway Language Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Language
In the first book (Spellings...), the hyphen - is used to separate syllables.
In the second book (Grammar...) the hyphen seems to represent the
glottal stop.
In the word lists of the first book, the first entry in each column was
sometimes-- but not consistently-- capitalized. This capitalization has
been retained, whether or not the e-text layout replicates the original.
A few punctuation marks in the paradigms and vocabulary lists have
been supplied or regularized. Other errors and anomalies are listed at
the end of the text. Bracketed text is in the original unless otherwise
noted.]
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Spellings for the Schools in the CHIPEWAY LANGUAGE.
Ah-na-she-nah-pa, Oo-te-ke-too-we-nun;
Ka-ke-ke-noo-ah-mah-ween-twah e-kewh, Ka-nah-wah-pahn-tah-gigk
Mah-ze-nah-e-kun.
YORK, U. CANADA: Printed for the Canada Conference Missionary
Society. 1828

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z &
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 , ; : . ? ! -

SPELLINGS.
Words of one Syllable.

Kah Neeje Squach nah keeje shwas sah weeje quaich wah moose paske
keene koose kaugk neene noose mongk weene meezhe shongk meene
peezhe jeese owh neezhe aahe howh weezhe tdush ewh moozhe
Words of two Syllables accented on the second.
Ah keh ah toon me nick ah keeng e mah me quom ah kik e kewh me
zeh ah mik e newh me squeh ahn doohm e qua me tigk ah nungk I
yahdt nah maih ah owh kah yawsk ne gigk ah pa ke tahn ne peh ah
pweh ke quis ne peeng ah sin ke nwazhe ne sing ah tick mah quah
Words of two Syllables, accented on the second.
Ne sweh oo ninje qui yuck oo chawzhe oon taus shing quawk oo kaudt
oo pin shing koub oo kowh oo saum shing kaugk oo kun Oo zidt tah
zheh oo mah oo skonzhe te pigk oo nick oo taih wah zhusk
Words of two syllables accented on the 1st & 2nd.
Ah zheh ke kooh me kaunce a shkum ke zhick me nance a sance ke zis
me quaich a squach ki ya me quon a tah koo koosh me tdush a yaudt
mah che me owh a zheh mah kuk me zhusk che mon mah mick nah
nindt che pywh mah noo na kowh ka che mahn tdah na yaub ka kate ma
quah ne win ka gooh me chim ning kah ke kah me kun
Words of three syllables accented on the 1st & 2nd.
noo sa poo neh wa quain noo tdin se peh wau poose noo tding sah keh
we kah noong koom sau kie we nin oo jee she shebe we yause pah mah
tain ta we pidt pa kah wa nain ween sah pe toon
Words of three Syllables, accented on the second and third.
Ah je chaugk ah zhoo gun nah kah mooh ah kah mingk a me quahn ne
zhe kaih ah neen teh a yah chick oo me meh ah ne moosh a yah yun oo
nah kun ah ne peesh a zhah yun oo ne shkaudt ah noo kee ka yah peh
oo que son ah pa kish mah ke sin oon tah shahn ah quing koos mah ne
toonce oo ske zhick ah she kun mah ne toosh oo se tongk ah wah kahn

mah ske moodt pe je nuck ah wa seeh me ke seh shah wain tung ah yah
pa me sah owh shah wa nim
Words of three Syllables, accented on the second and half accent on the
third.
E nah shka mah noo