(English below)

Hvilken kinesisk dialekt er dette?

Langs Nordamerikas nordvestkyst tales traditionelt pidgin Chinook Jargon eller Chinuk Wawa. I British Columbia, Canada (hvor der nu er mange skovbrande), blev der udgivet en avis ved navn Kamloops Wawa fra 1891 og ca. 10 år frem. Den blev udgivet på Chinuk Wawa-sproget, og avisen var skrevet i et specialdesignet skript, som var let at lære. Sproget blev især talt af oprindelige folk, men også mange mennesker af europæisk afstamning lærte at tale det. Måske så mange som 100.000 mennesker i slutning af 1800-tallet.

Redaktionen og nyhedsavisens læsere var nysgerrige mennesker, og indholdet er nogle gange fremragende. Quizzen i denne uge handler om én artikel i avisen. Da avisens forfatter mødte en mand fra Kina i Canada, spurgte de ham om oplysninger om denne mands sprog. Konkret spurgte de om tal og hverdage, og her er de skrevet her i det lokale skriftsystem, i avisen.

David “Chinook Man” Robertson, redaktøren af Chinookjargon.com, som lærte at læse skriftsystemet, transskriberede ordene til latinske bogstaver. Her er de:

<1.> iit
<2.> ngi (?)
< 3.> hlam
<4.> hlii
<5> hn

<6> lawk

<7> tit

<8> pat

<9> kyuh

<10> sip

Ugedagene på dette sprog:

Sondi lat bai
Mondi lat bai iit
Tyusdi lat bai nyui
Winisdi lat bai hlam
Tyursdi lat bai hlii

Fraidi lat bai hn
Satirdi lat bai lawk

Spørgsmålet er: kan du finde ud af, hvilket sinitisk sprog/hvilken kinesisk dialekt manden talte? De mange læsere af Chinookjargon.com-bloggen har ikke fundet den endnu. Den blev udgivet i 2015.

Din quizmaster har fundet det sinitiske sprog/kinesiske dialekt, ordene er skrevet på. Kan du gentage denne bedrift og vinde denne uges quiz?

For mere information, se dette link:

https://chinookjargon.com/2015/09/18/shaina-man-mamuk-kansih-kakwa/

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QUIZ: which Chinese dialect is this?

Along the Northwest Coast of North America, the pidgin Chinook Jargon or Chinuk Wawa is traditionally spoken. In British Columbia, Canada (where there are now many forest fires), a newspaper was published called Kamloops Wawa for around ten years, from 1891. It was published in the Chinuk Wawa language, and the newspaper was written in a specially designed script which was easy to learn. The language was especially spoken by Indigenous people, but also many people of European descent learned to speak it. Perhaps as many as 100,000 people.

The editors and the readers of the newspaper were curious people, the contents are sometimes amazing. The quiz this week is about one specific article in the paper. When the author of the newspaper met a man from China in Canada, they asked him information about his language. Specifically they asked him about the numerals and weekdays, and here they are, written in the local writing system, in the newspaper.

David “Chinook Man” Robertson, the editor of Chinookjargon.com, who learned to read the writing system, transcribed the words into Latin letters. Here they are:

Numerals 1-10 in “Shaina man”’s language:

<1.> iit
<2.> ngi(?)
< 3.> hlam
<4.> hlii
<5> hn

<6> lawk

<7> tit

<8> pat

<9> kyuh

<10> sip

Days of the week in this language:

Sondi      lat bai
Mondi    lat bai iit
Tyusdi     lat bai nyui
Winisdi lat bai hlam
Tyursdi lat bai hlii
Fraidi       lat bai hn
Satirdi     lat bai lawk

The question is: can you find out which Sinitic language/Chinese dialect the man spoke? The many readers of the Chinookjargon.com blog did not find it yet. It was posted in 2015.

Your quizmaster has found the Sinitic language/Chinese dialect the words are written in. Can you repeat this feat and win this week’s quiz?

For more information, see this link:

https://chinookjargon.com/2015/09/18/shaina-man-mamuk-kansih-kakwa/

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SOLUTION

On this site:

https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Sino-Tibetan.htm

one can find the numerals 1-10 (and more) in the languages of the world, among them 43 Sinitic languages. The languages that seem closest to what the Chinaman process Taishanese, Guagdong, China.

“Shaina man”’s language:

<1.> iit
<2.> ngi (?)
< 3.> hlam
<4.> hlii
<5> hn

<6> lawk

<7> tit

<8> pat

<9> kyuh

<10> sip

Taishanese of Guagdong:

1. zit⁵⁵/ it⁵⁵

2. ᵑɡei³¹/ ŋi³¹

3. ɬam³³

4. ɬei³³

5. m̩⁵⁵/ ŋ̩⁵⁵

6. løk²¹

7. tʰit⁵⁵

8. pat³³

9. kiu⁵⁵

10. sip²¹

https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Chinese-Yue-Taishan.htm

https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Chinese-Hakka-Mexian.htm

1. it¹

2. ŋi⁵³

3. sam⁴⁴

4. si⁵³

5. ŋ³¹

6. liuk¹

7. tsʰit¹

8. pat²

9. kiu³¹

10. sep⁵

Jiangxi Shangyou Hakka,

https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Chinese-Hakka-Jiangxi.htm

1. ie⁵⁵

2. ni⁵⁵

3. sã²⁴

4. sɿ¹¹

5. ŋ⁴²

6. tiu⁵⁵

7. tɕʰie⁵⁵

8. pa⁵⁵

9. tɕiu⁴²

10. se⁵⁵

https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Chinese-Yue-Taishan.htm

Taishanese, Guagdong, China

1. zit⁵⁵/ it⁵⁵

2. ᵑɡei³¹/ ŋi³¹

3. ɬam³³

4. ɬei³³

5. m̩⁵⁵/ ŋ̩⁵⁵

6. løk²¹

7. tʰit⁵⁵

8. pat³³

9. kiu⁵⁵

10. sip²¹

Nanning Pinghua, China

https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Chinese-Pinghua-Nanning.htm

1. ɐt³³

2. ȵi²²³

3. ɬam⁴¹

4. ɬi⁵⁵

5. ŋ̩¹³

6. løk²⁴

7. tsʰɐt³³

8. pat³³

9. kou³³

10. ɕɐp²²

QUIZ: which Chinese dialect is this?

At the Northwest Coast of North America, the pidgin Chinook Jargon or Chinuk Wawa is spoken. In British Columbia, Canada, a newspaper was published called Kamloops Wawa, which was published in Chinuk Wawa, in a specially designed script which was easy to learn. It was especially spoken by Indigenous people, but also many white people learned to speak it.

The editors of the newspaper were curious, and when they met a man from China, they asked them numerals and weekdays in his language, and they are written here in the local writing system.

Chinook Man David Robertson, the editor of Chinookjargon.com, transcribed the text into Latin letters. Here they are:

Numerals 1-10 in “Shaina man”’s language:

<1.> iit
<2.> ngi (?)
< 3.> hlam
<4.> hlii
<5> hn

<6> lawk

<7> tit

<8> pat

<9> kyuh

<10> sip

Days of the week in this language:

Sondi      lat bai
Mondi    lat bai iit
Tyusdi     lat bai nyui
Winisdi lat bai hlam
Tyursdi lat bai hlii
Fraidi       lat bai hn
Satirdi     lat bai lawk

The question is: can you find out which Sinitic language/Chinese dialect the man spoke? The many readers of the Chinookjargon.com blog did not find it.

For more information, see this link:

https://chinookjargon.com/2015/09/18/shaina-man-mamuk-kansih-kakwa/

Your quizmaster has found the Sinitic language/Chinese dialect. Can you repeat this feat and win this week’s quiz?