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These Are Our Legends
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These Are Our Legends

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Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooet sptakwlh (variously translated into English as legends,
myths, or bed-time stories. These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers themselves. An English translation is also given. Basic information on the Lillooet language, its grammar, and a glossary are included in the volume. With thanks to the Mount Currie Cultural Centre and the Tszil Publishing House.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Country
Canada
Date
15 November 2015
Pages
120
ISBN
9780889773967

Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooet sptakwlh (variously translated into English as legends,
myths, or bed-time stories. These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers themselves. An English translation is also given. Basic information on the Lillooet language, its grammar, and a glossary are included in the volume. With thanks to the Mount Currie Cultural Centre and the Tszil Publishing House.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Country
Canada
Date
15 November 2015
Pages
120
ISBN
9780889773967

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