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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 translation for the word teacher in native American?
The is no "Native American" language. There are hundreds of languages in dozens of unrelated language families.
In Navajo, which is in the Southern Athabaskan family teacher is: bá'ólta'Ã
The marks above vowels mean they are high tone, Navajo is a tonal language like Chinese. The marks between are the consonant glottal stop. We have it only in a few places in English like in the middle of "Uh'oh"
What languages are spoken by the First Nations people?
First Nations people speak the following 65 languages, as well as English, Spanish, and French:
- Abenaki
- Algonquin
- Babine-Witsuwit'en
- Beothuk
- Blackfoot
- Broken Slavey
- Bungee
- Carrier
- Cayuga
- Chiac
- Chilcotin
- Chinook Jargon
- Coast Tsimshian
- Comox
- Cree
- Dene Suline
- Dogrib
- Gwich'in
- Haida
- Haisla
- Halkomelem
- Hän
- Heiltsuk-Oowekyala
- Innu-aimun
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut
- Inupiaq
- Inuvialuktun
- Kaska
- Kutenai
- Kwak'wala
- Labrador Inuit Pidgin French
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- Michif
- Mi'kmaq
- Mohawk
- Munsee
- Naskapi
- Nicola
- Nitinaht
- Nlaka'pamuctsin
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Nuxálk
- Ojibwe
- Okanagan
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Ottawa
- Potawatomi
- Saanich
- Sekani
- Seneca
- Sháshíshálh
- Shuswap
- Slavey
- Squamish
- St'at'imcets
- Tagish
- Tahltan
- Tlingit
- Tsuut'ina
- Tuscarora
- Tutchone
- Western Abnaki
- Wyandot
What is the native American word for leader?
The English name is "chief" (tribal chieftain) but the Indian terms were many and varied.
(see the related question)
What languages were spoken by Desert Southwest Indians?
The Hohokam did not have written records, and went extinct about the time the Europeans arrived, so we do not know what languages they spoke.
What is native American word for alone?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America. You will have to be more specific. If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:
- Abnaki, Eastern
- Achumawi
- Afro-Seminole Creole
- Ahtena
- Alabama
- Aleut
- Alsea
- Angloromani
- Apache, Jicarilla
- Apache, Kiowa
- Apache, Lipan
- Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
- Apache, Western
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Atsugewi
- Barbareño
- Biloxi
- Blackfoot
- Caddo
- Cahuilla
- Carolina Algonquian
- Carolinian
- Catawba
- Cayuga
- Chamorro
- Chehalis, Lower
- Chehalis, Upper
- Cherokee
- Chetco
- Cheyenne
- Chickasaw
- Chimariko
- Chinook
- Chinook Wawa
- Chippewa
- Chitimacha
- Choctaw
- Chumash
- Clallam
- Cocopa
- Coeur d'Alene
- Columbia-Wenatchi
- Comanche
- Coos
- Coquille
- Cowlitz
- Cree, Plains
- Crow
- Cruzeño
- Cupeño
- Dakota
- Degexit'an
- Delaware
- Delaware, Pidgin
- Esselen
- Evenki
- Eyak
- Galice
- Gros Ventre
- Gwich'in
- Halkomelem
- Han
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
- Hawai'i Creole English
- Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language
- Hawaiian
- Hidatsa
- Ho-Chunk
- Holikachuk
- Hopi
- Hupa
- Ineseño
- Inupiaq
- Inupiatun, North Alaskan
- Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska
- Iowa-Oto
- Jemez
- Jingpho
- Kalapuya
- Kalispel-Pend D'oreille
- Kansa
- Karkin
- Karok
- Kashaya
- Kato
- Kawaiisu
- Keres, Eastern
- Keres, Western
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Kitsai
- Klamath-Modoc
- Koasati
- Koyukon
- Kumiai
- Kuskokwim, Upper
- Kutenai
- Lakota
- Luiseño
- Lumbee
- Lushootseed
- Mahican
- Maidu, Northeast
- Maidu, Northwest
- Maidu, Valley
- Makah
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- Mandan
- Mattole
- Menominee
- Meskwaki
- Miami
- Michif
- Micmac
- Mikasuki
- Miwok, Bay
- Miwok, Central Sierra
- Miwok, Coast
- Miwok, Lake
- Miwok, Northern Sierra
- Miwok, Plains
- Miwok, Southern Sierra
- Mohave
- Mohawk
- Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett
- Mokilese
- Molale
- Mono
- Muskogee
- Nanticoke
- Natchez
- Navajo
- Nawathinehena
- Nez Perce
- Nisenan
- Nooksack
- Nottoway
- Obispeño
- Ofo
- Ohlone, Northern
- Ohlone, Southern
- Okanagan
- Omaha-Ponca
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Osage
- Ottawa
- Paiute, Northern
- Pawnee
- Piro
- Piscataway
- Plains Indian Sign Language
- Pomo, Central
- Pomo, Eastern
- Pomo, Northeastern
- Pomo, Northern
- Pomo, Southeastern
- Pomo, Southern
- Potawatomi
- Powhatan
- Purepecha
- Purisimeño
- Quapaw
- Quechan
- Quileute
- Quinault
- Salinan
- Salish, Southern Puget Sound
- Salish, Straits
- Sea Island Creole English
- Seneca
- Serrano
- Shasta
- Shawnee
- Shoshoni
- Siuslaw
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Spanish
- Spokane
- Takelma
- Tanacross
- Tanaina
- Tanana, Lower
- Tanana, Upper
- Tenino
- Tewa
- Tillamook
- Timbisha
- Tiwa, Northern
- Tiwa, Southern
- Tlingit
- Tohono O'odham
- Tolowa
- Tonkawa
- Tsimshian
- Tübatulabal
- Tunica
- Tuscarora
- Tutelo
- Tututni
- Twana
- Umatilla
- Unami
- Ute-Southern Paiute
- Ventureño
- Wailaki
- Walla Walla
- Wampanoag
- Wappo
- Wasco-Wishram
- Washo
- Wichita
- Wintu
- Wiyot
- Wyandot
- Yakima
- Yaqui
- Yokuts
- Yuchi
- Yuki
- Yurok
- Zuni
How do you say love in Mohawk language?
Konoronhkwa
literally it means extreme love, but is used as i love you.
What is the native American word for speak?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America. You will have to be more specific. If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:
- Abnaki, Eastern
- Achumawi
- Afro-Seminole Creole
- Ahtena
- Alabama
- Aleut
- Alsea
- Angloromani
- Apache, Jicarilla
- Apache, Kiowa
- Apache, Lipan
- Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua
- Apache, Western
- Arapaho
- Arikara
- Assiniboine
- Atakapa
- Atsugewi
- Barbare
How do white settlers feel about native Americans?
The natives were angered by the invasion and took action and attacked the English settlers by shooting arrows and killing them. It did not help when John Smith was trying to calm them down by trying to make them under stand that they mean no harm the other English men were still enraged and trying to attack the natives making matters worse...
How do you pronounce wakan tankan nici un?
The vowel followed by n are all nasal, as in French un;this is usually indicated by writing the n above the line: wakan tanka nici un.
Since English does not have any nasal vowels the sounds are difficult to express using ordinary English; try saying ahwwith most of the sound coming down your nose and you will be close. The n is not pronounced at all, or only whispered. "C" in Lakota is always a ch sound.
So you say something like wah-kahwn tahwn -ka neechee uhn
Follow the link below for a very accurate website showing how all the sounds in Lakota are pronounced:
What does the name Illinois mean?
The state of Illinois was named after the Illinois River. The river was named by French explorer Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1679 after the Indians he found living along the banks.Illinois is the French spelling for the Illinois and Peoria Indian word "iliniwok," meaning men or warriors and perhaps referring to members of the Illinois tribe.
How do you say warrior in Apache language?
in which apache language? I know it in Navajo and it's called hashké or naabaahíí "the one who goes to war"
How do you spell Faith in Cherokee?
In English, the phonetics for this is guh-gay-you-ee (Cherokee phoentics Gv-ge-yu-i). The word, written in the Cherokee language, can be found here: http://www.sundancecatalog.com/mgen/catalog/test.ms?args=%2243764%7CCHEROKEE+WORD+TEES-SHORT+SLEEVE%7C.jpg%22&is=336,336,0xffffff
How do you correctly pronounce Segenam?
According to those unreliable US-based "baby name meaning" websites, the name Segenam is "Algonquin for lazy"; in fact it is not an Algonquin word but Natick (one of the Algonquian languages).
In Natick you say sə -gə-nam (ə indicates a neutral vowel sound called schwa).
How do you say 'brother' in Native American language?
yá'át'ééh shinaaí - hello my older brother(Navajo)
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Above is correct for Navajo- but there is no ONE Native American language. Cherokee, Seminole, Navajo, Apache, Sioux- and others- are all different. And in Cherokee (properly called ᏣᎳᎩ or Tsalagi) brother is da-ni-ta-ga.
What is the Apsáalooke word for goodbye?
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 is the lakota translation for Medicine Woman?
Although the term "medicine" has been applied indiscriminately to native American cultures, there are many different terms in Lakota, each with different shades of meaning. Pezuta is used for medicine in the sense of a curative treatment of any kind; wotawe is a war medicine; wowokan is spiritual power; hmunga is the use of bad medicine and so on.
Similarly there are many different words for different shades of yellow: zi, ziska, ziyaska, zisan, kpasyazi, wiziye and so on.
Similarly there are many different terms for "boy" depending on age and position in the family.
Taking perhaps the least likely but most literal translation you would have pezutazi hokshila owachi (medicine-yellow boy he dances). A Lakota speaker would be horrified . . .
What is the language of the Choctaw?
The Choctaw speak a Muskhogean language. The traditional name of the Choctaw is Chahta, which is from the name of their leader that lead them to Mississippi from the west. Anumpa is the Choctaw word for Language. The Choctaw language is called Chahta Anumpa.
What are some Native American words for 'wolf'?
These are just a few Native American words meaning "wolf":
Creek - yaha
Choctaw - nasho'ba
Shawnee - m'waewah
Powhatan- naantam
Delaware - teme
Algonquin- mahingan
Arapaho - hooxei
Blackfoot - maku'ya
Cheyenne - ho'nehe
Lakota - shunk'manitu ("dog that hunts walking")
Hidatsa - motsa
Crow - che'eta
Omaha - shonga
Yakima - lalla'wish
Kiowa - gu'i
Apache - mahtzo
Arikara - scrihkaapinat
Pawnee - skidi (but sounds like "skiri")
Navajo - ma'iitsoh
What were the native American tribe crow gods?
Crow religion, like most native American religions, is extremely complex and includes supernatural beings and powers on many levels - not all of them equate to a "god".
The Crow believed that interaction between people and the supernatural world was possible through dreams or visions (baci'ri in Crow); some of these visions could be tricks played by "trickster" spirits pretending to be something else.
The Sun was considered powerful and often helpful god; the Eagle or Thunderbird, the Seven Stars, the White-Faced Woman, Morning Star, Old Man Coyote, Trickster, The One Above and The Maker of Everything might also be considered similar to the idea of "gods". Their powers, however, were capable of being transmitted via many other spirits, including mythical dwarfs, bear, buffalo, deer and many kinds of bird.
When a warrior had a supernatural vision and a spirit "helper" was revealed to him, this would become far more important to him individually than any of the "gods"; it might be a lizard, or a prairie chicken or a weasel, just as often as a more impressive animal such as a bear.
Equally, The Sun might speak to a warrior in the guise of a strange man, or a talking buffalo - or in any other shape.
Crow people did not therefore have any kind of universal belief structure - each person worshipped freely in his or her own way, in his own time and addressing any of the supernatural powers that he or she chose.
What are some Native American words for big?
There are many different Native American languages.
Some Native American words for 'big' include:
Lakota = táŋka
Creek = rakkē
Koasati = choba
Taino = bo [great, greatness, big]
Cheyenne = háahp
Inuit = udjuk [big seal]
How do i say i love you in Sioux language?
In the Dakota dialect you say (for example John)emac'iyapi. The Dakota word is pronounced eh-mah-ch-eeyapee, but fairly quickly, not separated into syllables.
