We Welcome you all to Salish Dictionary, The Salish (also known as Salish) languages are a group of languages spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America, which includes the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are distinguished by syllabic consonants and agglutinativity . Salish Language has its own pride and We The Salish Dictionary Family are here to enhance the love of Salish readers , by enabling them to learn Salish Language with much ease then ever before.
1. We Welcome you all to Salish Dictionary, The Salish (also
known as Salish) languages are a group of languages spoken
in the Pacific Northwest of North America, which includes the
states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana as well as
the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are
distinguished by syllabic consonants and agglutinativity .
Salish Language has its own pride and We The Salish
Dictionary Family are here to enhance the love of Salish
readers , by enabling them to learn Salish Language with
much ease then ever before.
2. The most comprehensive Salish
language dictionary to date will be
available soon! After 10 years of
research and documentation Tachini
Pete is releasing his notes and
thoughts on the Salish language.
This dictionary is dedicated to all the
elders past and present. It is through
their diligence and love of the Salish
language that we are able to present
their words. Much of this edition is
derived from audio and video
recordings of elders. Much credit and
thanks to the late Patrick Pierre, the
late Louie Adams, Johnny Arlee, and
Stephen Small Salmon.
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3. A reintroduction and incorporation of the pharyngeal consonants along with refined
spellings of associated words.
40,000+ entries and translations.
1300+ pages.
Nearly 700 roots words identified.
140+ lexical suffixes.
The introduction of 30 lexemic suffixes.
A refined section on Salish Grammar with:
◦ Sound formation
Alphabet (43 characters)
◦ Word formation and associated rules
Morphological rules
Affixation
Reduplication
◦ Sentence formation and associated rules
Intransitive sentences
Transitive sentences
Ditransitive sentences
This version will be released as an ebook.
Your purchase will support continued research and documentation of the language.
Tachini dedicates as much time as possible to this work.
Proceeds from the sale of this book will support the publication of a printed version,
tentatively planned for release during the next Annual Arlee Celebration.
In addition proceeds will support the development of a dynamic online Salish dictionary
and other features of Salish
4. The First Edition Was
A 60+ Page Self-
Published Book.
This edition was a
160+ page book
published by
Salish Kootenai
College Press
This edition was a
800+ page book
published by
Salish Kootenai
College Press.