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EEPOKT — 1892. 



When tlie Lower Kootenay half-breeds speak Indiati, they tend to make this dl a 

 simple I. English half-breeds of the Upper Kootenay tend to make it kl, as do most 

 Europeans trying to speak Kootenay. 



II. Grammar. — The grammatical differences are few indeed. The persistence of 

 the suffix -ndmi in tiWu'tEndm (man) and padlM-'num (woman) is worthy of note. 

 The suffixes -taiya in Qdstaiya (skunk), and -ndk in viii sM' ksnuk do not appear in 

 these words in Upper Kootenay. In Upper Kootenay ' to do ' is Idthi'nitl, in Lower 

 Kootenay Idti' dlmddlM' nidi, and the insertion of -idlmddl- continues throughout the 

 conjugation of this verb in Lower Kootenay speech. 



III. Vocahulary. — Some difference is caused by names of things which are not 

 found in the Upper Kootenay region, trees, birds, and the like. There are, however, 

 a number of words, e.g., blanhct, fish, glove, goose, mallard, many, partridge, plate, sit 

 down, silk, sleep, swallow, which in Upper and Lower Kootenay are derived from two 

 distinct roots, having no relation whatever to each other. Thus : — 



There are other differences caused by syncopation of words, as noted above. The 

 cause of the differences between the speech of the Upper and that of the Lower 

 Kootenays has not been explained. The writer believes this to be the first scientific 

 record of them. The following word-list will be of interest : — 



English 

 always 

 bacon 

 bird 



bird (species ?) 

 bird (species ?) 

 blanket (my) 

 blanket-leggings (my) 

 climb (to — a tree) 

 coat (mj') 

 creek (rivulus) 

 day-after-to-morrow 

 evening-red 

 few 

 fish 



flap of tent 

 glove (of buckskin) 

 go away ! 



goose (wild, spec. ?) 

 great (it is — ) 

 grouse (ruffed) 

 hen 

 horse 

 kneel (to) 

 make (to) 

 I make 

 mallard (duck) 

 man 



many, plenty 

 maple 

 midnight 

 moon 



morning (it is — ) 

 move (to) 

 night 



plate (of tin) 

 quick ! 



Upper Kootenay 

 d'qltdmne'yit 

 liyi'nvli-tsd'tla, {i.e., pig) 

 to' hit sM' mi: tie 

 tcVkKmd'tlkd' EnluV Ek 

 yi'kets'nd 

 gd'cH 



gd-M' telttlii 'hvd 

 gd'wdha'kEno 

 gd-ka' tvu' mtld'Et 

 u'qkinnoQo'nvlt 

 tlo' nfil'dimie' yit 

 ki'tKnv'sitlmi'yit 

 tcii'kuna'na 

 gid'kqo 



gldtld Qa' nadna' tl 

 dqkd'tl 

 hi' nt snake' tl 

 hl.Qv'tlo'k 

 rvitlhVne 

 fd'nk'vts 



gfitshJ' k'minnv' k'md' E}id 

 k'd'ilaQd' Etltsifi 

 god'tikdnk'd'mik 

 kitki'nitl 

 hu'nitki'ne 

 kd'nkuskwe'ikak 

 titk'dt 

 yii'nbltd'ne 

 viitskik 



kd'iydkd'rcok'tcitlml'yit 

 Ktcitlml'yitnatd' nik 

 kd'nmeyi'tine 

 tlo' nko 

 Ktcitlml'yit 

 gowu'mvQd 

 tsind'ken 



Lower Kootenay 

 d'qkdnmu'yit. 

 dqk'o'td'dl. 

 tsivmi'ne. 



tcMt'kb' dlko' Enltd' sk. 

 yi'kets'ndno'qdlu (whitey). 

 gd-dld' mddl. 

 gd'-lddlii'kwd. 

 guwd'ami'kpdm. 

 gd-k'wu' mdldEt. 

 dqkd'mind. 

 dlb' nukdnmb' yit. 

 ki'tKnu' sidlmo'yit. 

 p'tea'kona'na. 

 dp. 



gilidfmd'nQuna'dl. 

 pd'dlyu. 



kintsn a'kdnte 'ikedl. 

 vid'kak. 

 nodld'ne. 

 tdpi'itQo. 



gdkdli'dliyiu'k'md'End 

 gidlkW dlaQd' Edltsin. 

 go' dndlib'kpom. 

 kiti' dlmddlki'nidl. 

 ho'niti' dlmddlM,' ne. 

 mop ; WE'kdu. 

 titlUd'tEndm. 

 tvaiye'ne. 

 mitski'kEnd'k. 

 kdiydkd'ivok'teidlvw'yit. 

 k'tcidlmo'yitnatd'nik. 

 kd' nmoyi'tine. 

 nb'ko. 



k'teidlmo'yit. 

 gd'kdnke'kuk. 

 tci'dlkd'tse. 



