Chinookan

Chinookan
Verbreitung der Chinook-Sprachen

Chinook ist eine Sprachfamilie in Amerika. Sie kommt hauptsächlich in Oregon und Bundesstaat Washington in den USA vor. Sie gehört zu den indigenen amerikanischen Sprachen.

Der ISO-Code ist 639-2 nai.

Chinook ist eine nahezu ausgestorbene Penuti-Sprache und bildet die Grundlage für die Pidgin-Sprache des nordwestlichen Amerikas, den Chinook Wawa.

Beispiele

Sie geht. Yaka klatawa.
Sie wird gehen. Atlki yaka klatawa.
Sie wird bald gehen. Wik lili yaka klatawa.

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