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Welcome to the Inezeño Chumash Language Tutorial!    Richard Applegate, Ph.D.

 

  The Chumash Languages   These pages are designed to be user-friendly for people without formal training in linguistics. The lessons start from scratch and guide you through the topics necessary to pronounce Inezeño and start putting together simple phrases, and it builds from there. These pages make Inezeño accessible to anyone who's willing to learn it.

You'll learn some technical terms to study a language with a structure and sound system so different from English, but technical jargon is at minimum here. If you see a term like "person marker" or "glottalization," you'll also find an explanation when it first appears and the glossary is only a click or two away.

Look in the Vocabulary Illustrated pages for images with Inezeño captions. Page 3 has sound clips in mp3 format. You can click on the image on Page 3 or the images below to hear the word pronounced.

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  Pronunciation Guide
  Lessons
  Vocabulary Illustrated
  Inezeño Texts
  Inezeño–English Dictionary
  Glossary of Technical terms
  Inserting Phonetic Symbols
   
   
   

This site is created and maintained by Richard Applegate, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.

Check back in later to see the new lessons and other features that we are adding.