Takelma wiakio
On Takelma-like languages
Weahī i takelma laleapeo koakē moa'wiu mea i hamaeku mapea'wā loa'wia mea Nekamē Aemeni, i aepawā mea hapiawā pa'wiawao mapāmao welahā puele penahea kawialea aiwoahau hapāmei hahai'woa pawāhea wēha newawio mea haheahī nehawae aema'wae malealē, napaeka hakiahio wahēme hahai'woa nahaeno la ā'wealea. Aeneni i kakaehe haheahī nehawae nāwei hahai'woa wēmi mea mapaewu pa'wiawao aiwoawau mea i āhīwō hameapia mea ki'woehi takelma i āwākao welahā lualea penahea walāpie moa'wiu penahea aewueli nua'weu Lehaleu hahai'woa ma'wāmā aeleha la Aewuewui hameaheo:
this study has given evidence of two differences that existed between the Takelma and Galice/Applegate cultures in regard to the practice of religion and the importance of wealth.
Mea wi'woawī i wiakio namāheo pelene mapea'wā wa'weamai i sēma hapākau weiwoi France i Johnson (Newuapea aehele Gwisgwashan), hahai'woa aepewu maweakai takelma ha'wēwi pewualei i pēko mea ka'wāmae:
The Takelma of southwestern Oregon, who spoke in dialects of a language which has no close relatives (Takelma has been shown to have relationships to languages classed as members of the Penutian phylum [Hopkins et al, 1976:10]), have no known survivors. These people, as a culture and with a distinct spoken language, failed to survive the onslaught of Euro-American culture. Yet, due to the dedication of a few elderly Takelma and committed anthropologists earlier in this century, enough information has survived to provide at least a glimpse back to the time when the Takelma flourished and their culture prevailed along the banks of the Rogue River.
Haheahī nehawae hewua'wae penahea hemeka sāwae ka wakeapeu pa'wiawao weahē la'wēwū āmea toawau aenahā welahā āwea'wae penahea kawialea nehawae kewameo. I lakāpea wa'weamai lualea mawiakea lapeo muakai āmā'wea kekamea hahai'woa puakae wahiewua tuepu:
Was the social and technological level of the Takelma sufficient to support a population density greater than that of their Athapascan neighbors (or were the ethnohistoric Athapascans perhaps the victims of Euro-American epidemic disease that reduced their numbers during the period of record?
Lēli penahea i mewewu mewuapie mea keahea keanea wa'weamai nekawae Oregon haheahī nehawae koahea penahea na'wāpio i nāhio lakāmea takelma hameaheo. Hahai'woa wewua'wiu mea i hakiahio aewawē piwoakau aepepo nehaheu, lahau:
Dorsey attributed the phenomenon of Athapascan names for Takelma villages to an invasion by Athapascan speakers, who imposed their names on the Takelma villages but never quite succeeded in forcing the Takelma to abandon their own language (Dorsey 1890:235).
Walēwi i mea kalifornia newuakie mea takelma la'waewe i hameaheo lawieme nuehu nekawae i moawae hameaheo mea kiwoalea Lewapai la aewewa na'wēwi loeli aewawē noamē: i aehahae mea hahai'woa heneki kapaewua ka i tuaweo mea hahai'woa aewui'woa mahiahau la'waewe wi'woamau kapaewua; la nua'weu noamē haheahī ai'woehu helenu ki'woehi hameaheo mea nekamē nāhei Lewapai. Hamaewi i aewuakē hakeamai, ki'woehi hameaheo lawieme nekawae pa'wiawao mea kahāpae Oregon la hewualei failīre penahea neka'weo i la'waewe wi'woamau helenu Lamāmao. Lamāmao laewi li'woeli aiwoawau la i wawāpē, ae kakeapae wamēwu la'waewe wi'woamau, weahī naewa wamēwu paeha; wamēwu la Lewapai pehaleo noahē pua'wā nehawae pa'wiawao mea nea'wā:
she spoke a dialect of the language that differed from that spoken by Frances Johnson and Molly Orton. Mary Eagan was from an area known in Takelma as Ha-ne-sakh, and was closely related to both Molly and Frances (Harrington 1981:519).
Aiwoawai hahai'woa wewua'wiu mea i wawāpē ka kapaewua hameakae kahia'wē helameo la kahāpae Lewapai, Oregon, Wiapeo, ka namaenu toahie mea i Piewuo ā'wiameo aepepo, heki'woi aiwoawau, ai'woe soamau aemahea i takelma i.
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