- Feb 22, 2012
- 05:10 PM
New Tlingit “encyclopedia” baffling to scholars, speakers
Robert Woolsey / KCAW
A new encyclopedia of the Tlingit language has teachers in Sitka scratching their heads. The massive work by New Zealand scholar Sally-Ann Lambert is extraordinarily detailed, and the product of years of effort. The problem is: The language in the book is not recognizable by contemporary scholars, or Native Tlingit speakers.
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