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There are many hundreds of native American languages - thousands if you include Central and South America. Just a few native terms for "baby" or "child" are:

Mapuche: pichiche

Maxakali: kakxop

Xavante: ai'uté

Quechua (Inca): wawacha (or) wawa

Parakan: konomi

Miskito: tuktiki

Maya: al (or) ba'a'al (or) u-ch'ab'

Nahuatl (Aztec): conenetl (or) conetzintli (or) piltontli

Shoshone: ohmaa

Choctaw: vllOsi

Mohawk: owira

Cherokee: usdi

Algonquin: biibiins

Abenaki: chijiz

Maliseet: wasis (or) pileyahsis (or) alohkusis

Mohegan: pahpohs (or) pahpohsak

Naskapi: awaas (or) uschiwaas

Ojibwe: abinoojiins (or) abinoojiiyens (or) biibii (or) boojiinzh (or) oshki-abinoojinh

Powhatan: nechaun

Cree: pêpîsis (or) apiscawâsis (or) awâsis

Blackfoot: issitsimaana (or) maanipokaa

Lakota: hokšicala (or) wakan yeja

Hidatsa: makadista (or) makidaksi

Crow: daaka (or) kaata

Omaha/Ponca: shíⁿgazhíⁿga

Cheyenne: mé'êševotame (or) mé'êševôtse (or) óvohe

Sanish (Arikara): piiraá'u'

Haida: ts'úujuus

Tlingit: t'ukaneyi

Ahtna: sc'enggaay

Gwich'in: bèebii

Han: tr'enin tsul

Kaska: dzedane zuze

Tagish: dunin'

Tanacross: ts'enîin gaay

Tutchone: dunen

Inuit: soruserk (or) utarak

Yupik: anqenkiiyagar

The insulting term "papoose" is used today by a few people for any native American child.

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