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Native American Languages
Information and translations for Native American languages. Please note each tribe has its own language, and there is no single "Native American" language.
1,626 Questions
What is the Sioux word for friend?
A buffalo cow = p'te
A young male buffalo = p'ta
A buffalo bull = tatanka
An old buffalo = tagu'
The word tatanka literally means "big hump" and it could be applied to any animal with its head carried lower than its spine, such as the moose and the bear.
Why did the Native Americans call the Great Plains that?
It is wide open and not much is there even today. If you drive across the great plains you see wide expanse of space with the wind blowing and prairie grasses waving in the wind. Every so often there is a outcropping, but mainly it is just open space. Hot, dry, and windy.
What is the Navajo word for otter?
Animal in Dine' bizaad (Navajo) is naaldeehii or naaldlooshii ( an animal other than human).
Prounouced sort of like: naal-de-he or naal-dlo-she.
I'm not really sure what the distinction between beast and animal is in English. ONe can be used in a negative way but that doesn't happen in Navajo.
How do you say Hope in Sioux language?
There are many Lakota words translated "refuge" but with different shades of meaning:
- oonakizin is a safe place, a refuge, a place surrounded by hills, a defensive position
- onaphe is a place to hide
- wowinaphe or woinaphe means a defence, a refuge
- oblula is a cosy, sheltered place out of bad weather
- onaphA is the verb meaning "to take refuge in, run to the safety of . ."
How do you say hello in Iroquois Indian language?
I don't know about saying hello, but in all the movies I've seen, especially Peter Pan, people always raise their left arm forming an L and say "How" to make peace with Indians.
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Answer: Meanwhile, in the real world outside the movies, there is no such language as "Iroquois" - the Iroquois tribes (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca) each spoke their own language. Holding up your arm and saying "how" to any of these people in the 17th or 18th centuries would get you tortured and killed as an enemy. Anyone who thinks they can learn real history from American movies is extremely foolish.
The Oneida tribe used the greeting she·kú for hello.
In Cayuga you said either sgęnǫ (hello/how are you) or hai (hello).
In Mohawk the word khwe was used for hello or hi.
In Seneca the general term of greeting was niyáwë skênö'.
What created a written Indian language?
There are about 450 Languages spoken in India and about 700 different Native American languages. But there is no such language as "Indian".
How do you write your name in Cherokee?
English or Christian names cannot be directly translated to Tsalagi (The Cherokee Language), in some cases you can research your name to its root origins / definitions and then translate that root definition in Tsalagi. For example: If your name's root origin was Mary which is Hebrew for "Bitter" you could then translate that into the Tsalagi word for "Bitter." Please remember though that this is not a 'proper' translation and you would most likely get strange looks trying to use such a translated name.
How do you say owl in the Sioux language?
The Lakota word for an owl in general is hinhan.
A short-eared owl is hinhan gi
A long-eared owl is hinhan kap'ipila
A burrowing owl is hinhan makhotila
A barn owl is hinhan san
A snowy owl is hinhan ska
A great horned owl is hinhan tanka
A screech owl is unhnagichala
What languages were spoken by Sioux Indians?
The Sioux spoke French, English and their Native language which is Sioux ( which was named after them)
they speak sioux, which has 3 dialects- nakota, lakotah, and dakotah.
How do you say arrow in Lakota Sioux language?
You say wismahin, or wansmahior hikheze; a diamond-shaped arrowhead is khehukhu; a barbed head is khesthun.
How do you say beautiful woman in Navajo?
Cheyenne, like most Algonquian languages, has no adjectives in the way that English does. Instead verb forms are used; verb forms make up the major part of the language. You have to use a verb that means literally "she is [being] beautiful" or "she is [being] very beautiful".
she is beautiful..................e-ono'aha (or e-peva-tamaahe)
she is very beautiful..........e-mo'ona-tamaahe
it is beautiful......................e-mo'ona'e
What is the American Indian word for cotton?
There is actually no such language as "Indian". There are more than 450 different languages spoken in India. If you are talking about Native American languages, there are more than 700.
If you would like a translation, you would need to specify which Indian language you are talking about.
What languages are spoken by Chinook Indians?
Today, Chinook people speak English. There are also less than 600 people who speak Chinook Jargon, which is a revived pidgin trade language.
Historically, They spoke a set of languages called The Chinook Languages, which are all extinct.
What does the symbol of a turtle mean?
When I was researching my turtle tattoo idea I found that it represented courage and self-protection. Turtles can protect themselves with their shell, and they carry their home on their back. They only progress in life when they stick their neck out of their shell, are patient with themselves. On a more personal note the shell was symbolical of home, and reminding myself that no matter where I am physically, I can always protect myself, and that home is never too far away.
How do you say Angel in Cherokee language?
A-ni-da-we-hi is how it's pronounced in most dialects (for lack of a better word) of Cherokee. However, I believe the Neches (Roughly, Nay-Cheese) Cherokee pronounce it Ah-dah-we-uh
Information on lotus flower in Indian language?
There are about 450 Languages spoken in India and about 700 different Native American languages. But there is no such language as "Indian".
How did the Hohokam and Anasazi adapt to their environment?
They developed highly effective techniques of water conservation and dry land farming, if this doesnt work try YAHOO! answers.com. XD
What is the Lakota translation for you are welcome?
That depends on what you mean. If you mean the reply to "thanks", it is to - "you are welcome".
If you mean "you are welcome here" it is hokahe or tanyan yahi.
What does the word Cherokee mean in Creek language?
The name Cherokee is really Tsalagi - colonists were unable to pronounce it properly and so they used Cherokee as a close substitute. Historically there is a lot of debate over what it meant, most popular is that it meant "Tree People" or "People of the tree's." In modern usage Tsalagi means "Real People" which has a very hard to explain cultural distinction behind it.
What is the Sioux word for 'dog'?
There are three dialectes for the people typically referred to as Sioux. Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota. There is more than one word for dog. Two terms the Dakota use are cunka or cunkpana. The 'c' sounds like 'ch'.
How do you say thank you in native American?
migwe'c (megwitch)
Thank You
David, member of The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
In Navajo (Diné bizaad) you say: ahéheeʼ
The mark above the e is a high tone mark, not an accent or stress. The h is said with a harsh breathy exasperated sound.
What is love you in Indian language?
There is actually no such language as "Indian". There are more than 450 different languages spoken in India. If you are talking about Native American languages, there are more than 700.
If you would like a translation, you would need to specify which Indian language you are talking about.
How do you translate from English to native American Cherokee Indian?
Ekwáni or uweyv?i
(v = uh like in huh, ? = glottal stop)
Which Indian tribe created a written language?
One of the first was created by Sequoyah, the leader of the Cherokee nation. It contained 85 characters, representing the syllables of the Cherokee language. It was used as far back as 1828, in the "Cherokee Phoenix," the first newspaper published by what were then called Indians (and today are called Native Americans). The newspaper was bilingual-- English and Cherokee. I enclose a link to some information about it, which includes images of what written Cherokee looked like.
