Posted by Beth on October 25, 2000 at 05:30:13:
In Reply to: Re: no Delaware interpreters? posted by Mike S. on October 24, 2000 at 11:01:09:
Thanks, Mike and Elaine! Your posts were very helpful, and I think I will begin learning a native language-winter in the Blue Ridge Mountains can be long & cold. Wow, you guys DO know everything.....
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: : : : Since no one answered my post yesterday I assume no one knows the lines in the film that are in Delaware? Wow, I thought you guys knew everything....
: : : Well, we do ... EXCEPT that! :)
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: : AHA!!!! I have found your one weakness! Too bad...I always wanted to learn a native language....looks like a good time to start.
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: Well, Beth, you can start by buying the "Handbook of the Delaware Indian Language, The Oral Tradition of a Native People" by Scott Hayes Wenning, available from Wennawoods Publishing, RR 2 Box 529C, Goodman Road,Lewisburg, PA 17837
: 1-800-796-1702. It is a very good starter book on this language.
: or see
: www.wennawoods.com
: Scott is the keeper of the language, so he knows his stuff.
: Regards,
: Mike