Resources

Yurok Language Community Forum 2006

The links on this page are mostly password-protected.

A Few Older Web Pages

Chu Ki Saa'agoche'moh: click here to practice counting
Counting: counting.html
Short vs. Long Vowels: vowels.html
Glottalized vs. Plain Sonorants: glottalized-sonorants.html


Downloads

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• 2005 Preliminary Yurok Dictionary: lexicon.pdf (file size 1.6MB)

• 2007 Yurok Language Institute grammar class handouts: Yurok-Grammar-Class2007.pdf (file size .67MB)

• All 1,533 recorded sentences in Georgiana Trull's Yurok Language Conversation Book: GT3.zip (file size 83.9MB)

• About 2,500 words recorded by several Yurok elders (updated 12/2007): Yurok-words-Dec2007.zip (file size 108.5MB)


Basic Language Lessons

These Microsoft Word documents are out-of-date drafts; they were written by Juliette Blevins (JB) and Andrew Garrett (AG).

Basic Linguistics Terminology (AG)

1. The Sounds of Yurok

1.1. The Sounds of Yurok (JB)
1.2. Some Hard Sounds in Yurok (AG)

2. Putting Words Together

2.1. Parts of Speech (JB)
2.2. Possessive Prefixes (AG)
2.3. Possessive Prefixes (JB)
2.4. Short and Long Forms of Nouns (JB)
2.5. Short and Long Forms of Nouns: More Exercises (AG)

3. Putting Sentences Together

3.1. Some Questions and Answers (AG)
3.2. Yes-No Questions (JB)
3.3. "Where"/"When" Questions (AG)
3.4. Past, Present, and Future (AG)