Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune (born Jean-Marie; 12 April 1855 – 21 November 1930) was a CanadianRoman Catholic priest, linguist, author, and newspaper publisher.[1]
Over the next years Le Jeune traveled throughout the Kamloops region proselytizing to the native communities.[1] In 1891 he became rector of St. Joseph's Church on the Kamloops Reserve and in 1893 he became the superior of St. Louis's Mission, a post he held until 1929.[1]
Le Jeune's shorthand system
By his own account, Le Jeune spoke more than twenty native languages.[1] In 1890 he adapted Duployan shorthand to Chinook Jargon.[1][2] The system was widely adopted among the native community and in 1891 Le Jeune launched a newspaper written in English and Chinook Jargon called the Kamloops Wawa.[1] Le Jeune wrote a number of pamphlets about native languages such as Practical Chinook vocabulary (1886), Prayers in the Okanagan language (1893), Polyglott manual of prayers (1896, contributor), and Chinook rudiments (1924).[1]
Chinook manual, or, Prayers, hymns and catechism in Chinook (microform) (1896)
Referencesedit
^ abcdefghijklBlake, Lynn (2005). "Le Jeune, Jean-Marie-Raphaël". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
^ "How the Shorthand was Introduced among the Indians". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^"Lac Le Jeune". BC Geographical Names. Province of British Columbia. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
January 01, 1970
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