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ISO 639-3: tol

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Smith River

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Primary texts

  1. Tolowa Song for the 10-days "house dance". Captain Spott (consultant); Weitchpec Frank (recorder); Kroeber, Alfred L. (researcher). [1907 spring]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1142
  2. [Tolowa dance song]. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.1
  3. [Tolowa song]. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.10
  4. [Tolowa sound recording]. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.11
  5. Medicine Doctor's Song (2 parts). Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.12
  6. Dance Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.13
  7. Prayer. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.14
  8. Gambling Song (The Lagoon Song). Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.15
  9. Dance Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.16
  10. Dance Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.17
  11. Dance Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.2
  12. Prayer. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.3
  13. Gambling Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.4
  14. Gambling Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.5
  15. Gambling Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.6
  16. Medicine Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.7
  17. Medicine Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.8
  18. Gambling Song. Quinn, Frank (researcher). [1956 October]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-117.9
  19. Explanation of Tolowa dance customs. Lopez, Sam (consultant); Quinn, Frank (researcher). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-120.4
  20. Tolowa Dance Song. Lopez, Sam (consultant); Quinn, Frank (researcher). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-120.5
  21. Tolowa Dance Song. Lopez, Sam (consultant); Quinn, Frank (researcher). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-120.6
  22. [Yurok and Tolowa songs]. Spott, Robert (consultant); Schinan, Jan Philip (researcher). [1933 March]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-17
  23. Girl Dance Song (Light song). Billy (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1856
  24. Gambling Song. Billy (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1857
  25. Girl Dance (2nd song). Billy (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1858
  26. Dance Song. Billy (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1859
  27. Girl Dance Song. Billy (consultant); Hostler, Joe (consultant); Hostler, Franck (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1860
  28. Love Song (Woman for Man). Grimes, Mary (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1861
  29. Dance Song. Grimes, Mary (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1862
  30. Song used in doctoring, gotten in a dream. Grimes, Mary (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1863
  31. Panther Song. Grimes, Mary (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1864
  32. Song of snake, when it swims down the coast. Grimes, Mary (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1865
  33. Love Song (Woman's song). Grimes, Mary (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1866
  34. Man's Song. Hostler, Joe (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1867
  35. Girl's Song. Hostler, Joe (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1868
  36. Love Song. Hostler, Joe (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1869
  37. Gambling Song. Hostler, Joe (consultant); Goddard, Pliny Earle (researcher). [1903 June]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-1870
  38. Songs: Yurok. n.a. 1955. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-204
  39. Songs: Hupa, Tolowa. n.a. 1955. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-254
  40. Songs: Tolowa, Yurok. n.a. 1955. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-255
  41. Gambling Song. Gould, Richard (researcher). [1954 March 10]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.1
  42. Doctor Dance Song (Female Part). Brown, Amelia (consultant); Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 28]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.10
  43. Doctor Dance Song (Female Part). Brown, Amelia (consultant); Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 28]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.11
  44. Girl's Puberty Song. Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 31]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.12
  45. Dance Song. Gould, Richard (researcher). [1954 March 10]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.2
  46. Dance Song. Gould, Richard (researcher). [1954 March 10]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.3
  47. Doctor Dance Song. Gould, Richard (researcher). [1954 March 10]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.4
  48. Gambling Song. Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 27]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.5
  49. Dance Song (Male Part). Lopez, Sam (consultant); Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 27]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.6
  50. Dance Song (Male Part). Lopez, Sam (consultant); Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 27]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.7
  51. Doctor Dance Song (Male Part). Lopez, Sam (consultant); Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 27]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.8
  52. Doctor Dance Song (Female Part). Brown, Amelia (consultant); Gould, Richard (researcher). [1964 August 28]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-306.9
  53. Qaunwate vocabulary from the Athapascans formerly living on Smith River, California. Dorsey, James Owen (researcher); Smith River John (consultant). 2010. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Dorsey.003.016
  54. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes 'children', 'good' and 'yesterday'.. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). [1956-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.001
  55. ONLINEElicitation of color terms. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). [1956-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.002
  56. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes 'road' 'stone' and 'I am sleepy'.. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). [1956-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.003
  57. ONLINEElicitation of body part terms. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). [1956-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.004
  58. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous word list. Includes 'feather', 'bark', 'lake', and 'big'.. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). [1956-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.005
  59. ONLINEElicitation of numbers. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (researcher). [1956-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.006
  60. ONLINEElicitation of kinship terms. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). 1956. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.007
  61. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes 'house', 'moving', 'seagulls', and 'heavy'.. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). 1956. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.008
  62. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes 'blanket', 'rotton', and 'I sew'.. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). 1956. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.009
  63. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes many sentences, 'lightning', some kinship terms, and 'paper'.. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Mandy (consultant). 1956. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.010
  64. ONLINEDinan, Gambling, and Dance songs. Hoijer, Harry (researcher); Lopez, Sam (consultant). 1956. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 120.011
  65. ONLINEElicitation of numbers. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.001
  66. ONLINEElicitation of nouns and pronouns. Includes some animal and body part terms.. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.002
  67. ONLINEElicitation of body part terms. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.003
  68. ONLINEElicitation of kinship terms. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.004
  69. ONLINEElicitation of directional terms. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.005
  70. ONLINEElicitation of words and phrases regarding boating. Includes verb paradigm.. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.006
  71. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases such as 'heavy' and 'you're heavy'.. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.007
  72. ONLINECoyote story. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.008
  73. ONLINEElicitation of words and phrases. Mainly adjectives and noun modification.. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.009
  74. ONLINEElicitation of verb paradigms. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.010
  75. ONLINEElicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Mainly nouns, including some people terms.. Woodward, Mary (researcher). 1953. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 121.011
  76. ONLINEDescriptions of scenes from pictures. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). [1962-08]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.001
  77. ONLINEText: Sea otter. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). [1962-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.002
  78. ONLINEWords and phrases: minimal and subminimal pairs. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). [1962-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.003
  79. ONLINETexts: content undetermined. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). [1962-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.004
  80. ONLINEEnglish translation of undetermined text(s). Bright, Jane O. (researcher). [1962-07]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.005
  81. ONLINEText: Coyote story. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.006
  82. ONLINEText: Rabbit and elk story. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.007
  83. ONLINEConversation in Tolowa (some English). Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.008
  84. ONLINEPhrases: questions. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.009
  85. ONLINEText: Making baskets. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.010
  86. ONLINEText: Smelts. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.011
  87. ONLINEText: Acorns. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.012
  88. ONLINEText: Autobiography. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.013
  89. ONLINEText: How it came to be low tide. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.014
  90. ONLINEText: Why the eel has no bones. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.015
  91. ONLINEText: The baby found under the (camas?). Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.016
  92. ONLINEText: Description of sea lion hunting. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.017
  93. ONLINEText: How the owl was banished to the woods. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.018
  94. ONLINEDoctor song (sung twice). Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.019
  95. ONLINENight dancing song. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.020
  96. ONLINEDoctor's song. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.021
  97. ONLINEDance song. Bright, Jane O. (researcher). 1963. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 166.022

Lexical resources

  1. Concordance of the Athapascan languages. Anderson, A.C. (researcher). 2010. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Anderson.001
  2. "Tah-leu-wah" vocabulary. Crook, Lt. George (researcher). 2010. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Crook.001
  3. Qaunwate vocabulary from the Athapascans formerly living on Smith River, California. Dorsey, James Owen (researcher); Smith River John (consultant). 2010. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Dorsey.003.016
  4. [Miscellaneous vocabularies]. Gibbs, George. 2010. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Gibbs.001
  5. Haynargger vocabulary. Hamilton, Alexander S. (researcher). 2010. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Hamilton.001

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Tolowa-Chetco. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:tolo1259
  2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Tolowa-Chetco. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:tolo1259
  3. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Tolowa. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src656

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINETolowa: a language of United States. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:tol
  2. [Miscellaneous field notebooks]. Haas, Mary R. (researcher). [[undated]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Haas.059
  3. Target language/culture competency exam for the languages and culture of four American Indian tribes. n.a. [[undated]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LL.015

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINETolowa materials, James Crawford Recordings of Native American languages. Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976; Lopez, Sam, Mrs. 1956. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10870
  2. ONLINETolowa materials, Mary R. Haas Papers. Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996. 1966, undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10702
  3. ONLINETolowa materials, William O. Bright Papers. Lopez, Etta; Bright, William, 1928-2006. 1961-1962. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10242
  4. ONLINETolowa materials, ACLS collection. Goddard, Pliny Earle, 1869-1928. 1902-1903. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9561
  5. ONLINETolowa materials, Phillips Fund Collection. Collins, James. 1984-1985, 1987-1988. Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9337

Other known names and dialect names: Smith River

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