#lushootseed

apologies for the low quality image, but this roundabout has what I believe is a phonetic transcription on it :0

"sqʷɑliˀ wɑs̆ətəb sˀɑhidup" (those might be regular glottal stops)

ooh awesome! according to wikipedia:

The Nisqually speak a subdialect of the southern dialect of Lushootseed (called Twulshootseed), which is a Coast Salish language. In Lushootseed, their name is dxʷsqʷaliʔabš, meaning "people of the grass."

and that isn't a phonetic transcription but rather the Lushootseed orthography, which was developed in the 1950s. here's how "sqʷɑliʔ wɑs̆ətəb sʔɑhidup" is written in the IPA. it makes sense that it looks so similar, cause the Lushootseed alphabet was was adapted from the IPA.

/sqʷɑliʔ wɑʃətəb sʔɑhidup/

further reading for those interested :]

Lushootseed is a member of the Salish language family, whose approximately twenty surviving languages are spoken from northern Oregon to central British Columbia, Salish Language Map Map that shows the area where Salishan languages are spoken from the Pacific coast eastward into Montana and along the British Columbia-Alberta border.

The Lushootseed-speaking region extends along the shores of Puget Sound from modern-day Olympia to the Skagit watershed and from Hood canal to the Cascades. The term “Northern “ refers to the language as spoken by the Skagit, Swinomish, Lushootseed mapSauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish and neighboring peoples; “Southern Lushootseed,” is that spoken by the peoples of Snoqualmie, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Nisqually, Squaxin Island, Suquamish and their neighbors. The Snohomish Lushootseed spoken at Tulalip exhibits features of both Northern and Southern language, though it is usually categorized as “Northern.”

The Tulalip Tribes Lushootseed Department is dedicated to increasing awareness of Lushootseed within the community and beyond, as well as to restoring the language to everyday use within the community.

VISION Every tribal home, every tribal workplace,every tribal gathering and every schoolroom for tribal children will be a Lushootseed-rich environment.

Hi! I’m a Squaxin Island Tribal Member, currently looking for any Salish Tribal Members who would be willing to let me interview them on how their tribes language affects day to day life on reservations! If anyone is willing to contribute to this, send me a DM or ask!

This Interview is for my Cultural Anthropology class, and Will be sent to my tribe, as well as possibly published in my schools newspaper!

Your name is optional, if you don’t feel comfortable revealing your name, I am more than willing to give you an alias for my paper.