02243cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500550014326400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000310038450801160041552012290053153400450176065300760180585600430188199900170192422228UtSlPG20260610133519.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPM1 aGibbs, George,d1815-187310aAlphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-08-03  aProduced by David Starner, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallam and Lummi" by George Gibbs is a linguistic reference written in the mid-19th century. This scholarly work focuses on documenting the vocabulary and linguistic features of the Clallam and Lummi tribes, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. The book explores both languages, highlighting their differences and similarities, and aims to contribute to the understanding of Native American languages in the broader context of cultural and linguistic studies.  The opening of the work introduces the setting and peoples of the Clallam and Lummi tribes, detailing their geographical locations, linguistic affiliations, and several intriguing phonetic features of their languages. Gibbs describes the locales inhabited by these tribes, emphasizing the significant elements of their languages, such as the frequent occurrence of nasal sounds and unique vowel pronunciations. Additionally, he mentions his efforts in collecting vocabulary during his time with the N.W. Boundary Commission, providing an overview of the structure and content of the vocabularies he compiled, setting the stage for the extensive linguistic data that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aIndians of North America -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22228  c63372d63372