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Siletz Block House
The Siletz (pronounced SIGH-lets) were the southernmost of several divisions of the Tillamook people speaking a distinct dialect; the other dialect-divisions were: ''Salmon River'' on the Salmon River (Lincoln County, Oregon), river of that name, ''Nestucca'' on Little Nestucca River, Little and Nestucca River and Nestucca Bay, ''Tillamook Bay people, Tillamook Bay'' on the Tillamook Bay, bay of that name and the mouths of the Kilchis, Wilson, Trask and Tillamook rivers, and ''Nehalem (people), Nehalem'' on Nehalem River. The name "Siletz" comes from the name of the Siletz River on which they live. The origin of the name is unknown (perhaps Oregon Athabaskan? variants: Salǽˑtʃʼɪtʃʽ, Sai-lĕtc-́ĭc qûn-nĕ, and Sii-lee-ch'ish) Their eastern neighbors the Central Kalapuya language, Central Kalapuya tribes called them Tsä Shnádsh amím. In Tututni language, Chasta Costa and Euchre Creek-Tututni and Tolowa language, Chetco-Tolowa they were known as Shii-lee-ch'ish, the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
