Thanks to Stubs we have a new Chinook poem: klismas vishil! This post uses David Corbett’s new Chinuk Pipa font (though you can see the transcription below). If you haven’t downloaded the font yet, check it out here. Merry Christmas everyone and thanks again Stubs!
𛰅𛰆𛱇𛰜𛰙𛱁𛰜 𛰉𛱆𛰛𛱇𛰆
𛰅𛱄𛰂𛱁 𛰅𛰆𛱇𛰜𛰙𛱁𛰜 𛰉𛱆𛰛𛱇𛰆, 𛰅𛱄𛰂𛱁 𛰅𛱁𛰚𛱁𛱞 𛰅𛱁𛰀
𛰅𛰆𛱁𛰅𛰜𛰃𛱂 𛰃𛱇𛰅𛱆 𛰜𛰆𛱇𛰂. 𛱞𛰅 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂.
𛱆𛰀𛰃 𛰙𛱁𛰚 𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰚𛱇𛰙 “𛱄𛰆 𛰜𛱇𛰚𛰃 𛰚𛱇𛰅”
𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰣𛱁𛰅𛱄 𛰅𛱄𛰂𛱁 𛰀𛰆𛱄𛱆𛰙𛱁 𛰙𛱁𛱞𛰣 𛰥𛱇𛰅𛰥𛱇𛰅
𛰙𛱆𛰃𛰆𛱂𛱆𛰃 𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰙𛱁𛱞𛰣 𛰜𛱁𛰀𛱁𛰆𛱇 𛰅𛱄𛰂𛱁 𛰀𛱚𛰜
𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰙𛱁𛰅𛰙𛱁𛰅 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰙𛱇𛰆𛰅, 𛰙𛱁𛰙𛱛𛰅 𛰀𛱄𛰙 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰛𛱇𛰃 𛰀𛱚𛰜
𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰅𛰆𛱁𛱆 “𛰀𛱄 𛰀𛱄 𛰀𛱄”, 𛰈𛰋𛱇𛰃 𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰂𛱁𛰃𛰆 𛰆𛱄𛰙
𛰈𛰋𛱇𛰃 𛰅𛱁𛰆𛰃𛱁𛰛 𛰅𛱄𛰂𛱁 𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰂𛱛͏͏͏𛰜 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰙𛱛𛰜𛱛𛰙
𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰛𛱛𛰜 𛰂𛱁𛰃𛰆 𛱇𛰆𛱇𛰀𛱇, 𛰙𛱁𛰙𛱛𛰅 𛰃𛰆𛱇𛰙𛱇𛰚 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛰆𛱇𛰜𛰅𛱞𛰜
𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰅𛱁𛰂𛰛𛱜𛰆𛱂 𛰆𛱇𛰇𛱆𛰜𛰅𛱞, 𛰅𛱁𛰅𛱜 𛰃𛱂𛰚𛱁𛰜 𛰅𛱞𛰜𛰅𛱞𛰜
𛰂𛱛͏͏͏𛰜 𛱞𛰅 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰊𛱆𛰃𛱄͏͏͏𛰂, 𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰙𛱁𛰅𛰙𛱁𛰅 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛱞𛰜𛰅𛱆
𛰂𛱆 𛱊𛱁𛰅𛱁 𛰅𛰆𛱁𛱆 𛰅𛱄𛰂𛱁 𛰅𛱁𛰚𛱁𛱞, “𛰃𛰆𛱛𛰜 𛰅𛰆𛱇𛰜𛰙𛱁𛰜! 𛰃𛰆𛱛𛰜 𛰂𛱛𛰆𛱂𛰅𛰆𛱇!”
klismas vishil
kopa klismas vishil, kopa kanawi kah
klaksta tiki slip. Wik kata.
iht man iaka nim “ol sint nik”
iaka chako kopa hloima mawich tsiktsik
mitlait iaka mawich sahali kopa haws
iaka makmak maika milk, mamuk hom maika shit haws
iaka klai “HO HO HO”, drit iaka patllom
drit kaltash kopa iaka pus maika musum
iaka shus patl ilihi, mamuk tlimin maika tliskwis
iaka kapshwala libiskwi, kakwa tanas kwiskwis
pus wik mayka gitop, iaka makmak maika wiski
pi iaka klai kopa kanawi, “tlus klismas! tlus pulakli!”
The Kaltash Wawa 
tlus pus klaksta man mamuk hilp naika pus mamuk mitlait ukuk iliktrik cim kopa naika mashin!
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What is the problem you’re having? It should work fine in Firefox and (with some tweaking of browser settings) in Chrome. Various other apps work to varying degrees. If you’re using a mobile OS you might be out of luck; I don’t remember if anyone’s gotten it working there.
To preview specific sentences, e.g. from this poem, you can always copy and paste them into the test keyboard. That should work on any device without needing to install the font.
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I haven’t managed to install the font in my Windows 10 laptop / Chrome. I was following step-by-step instructions, but as I recall I couldn’t figure out the last step. Will retry.
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I sense a unique Chinuk Wawa school of poetry taking place 🙂 Excellent stuff, Stubs! mirri krismas pi hapi nyu iir!
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