A Comparison of Five Salish Languages (Volumes I – VI)

Alternate Language Names

The Salishan language family is often referred to as Salish.

Region

British Columbia, Canada; Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, United States.

Who

Gladys A. Reichard.

Others Involved

Natalie Woodbury (Reichard’s Literary Executor); Florence M. Voegelin (Editorial Work).

Publishing Information

This article was published in six volumes over two years in the International Journal of American Linguistics.

Volume I: Published 1958, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 293–300.

Volume II: Published 1959, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 8–15.

Volume III: Published 1959, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 90–96.

Volume IV: Published 1959, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 154–167.

Volume V: Published 1959, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 239–253.

Volume VI: Published 1960, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 50–61.

How People are Cited

People are cited in the Editor’s Acknowledgements on page 61 of Volume VI.

How Information is Cited

Information is cited throughout sections 1.1-1.14 (pp. 293-295 of Volume I), and in footnotes throughout all six volumes.

Where is Information Coming from

Information in this resource comes from previously published works, primarily Franz Boas’ brief analysis A Chehalis Text (1934) and his more thorough fieldwork notebooks, Gladys Reichard’s grammar Coeur d’Alene (1938), May M. Edel’s The Tillamook Language (1939), Hans Vogt’s intensive study The Kalispel Language (1940), and Colin Tweddell’s The Snoqualmie-Duwamish Dialects of the Puget Sound Coast Salish (1950). Other resources used are listed in the footnotes throughout the volumes.

Tools and Framework used

This is a digital six-part academic article with many incorporated word and root lists.

Access

This six-part article is available digitally through libraries, or for purchase/subscription through the University of Chicago Press and JSTOR.

Included Languages and Directionality

English to Tillamook, Chehalis, Lushootseed, Coeur d’Alene, and/or Salish.

Dialects Included

There is no dialect specified for Chehalis, Coeur d’Alene, or Tillamook. This resource contains information from the Kalispel (nqlispélišcn) dialect of Salish, and the Snoqualmie (sdukʷalbixʷ) and Duwamish (dxʷdəwʔabš) dialects of Lushootseed.

Type of Dictionary

This resource is not a dictionary. However, the language data contained in this academic article takes the form of tables and mono-directional word or root lists containing data from all five Salish languages and dialects and English, grouped together by linguistic topics (e.g. pronouns, affixes, numerals, etc.).

How are Entries Organised

When contained in a word or root list, the language data is often listed alphabetically by English. Word lists are grouped topically by linguistic themes, including pronouns, stems, affixes, numerals, syntactic elements, and more.

Other Features

Other Notes

This resource is not a dictionary. However, it contains valuable comparative information related to Salish languages. It does contain word and root lists throughout, but these are not clearly marked, grouped together, or easy to identify.