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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.
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What is a native of Massachusetts called?
native as in someone that was born in massachusetts?
or native as in descended from the original inhabitants?
I wouldn't know about the first but for the second, you could check these links... they all have lists of native tribes from the state of massachusetts... one of which are themassachusetts.
(Some pages have more info than others)
http://www.native-languages.org/massachusetts.htm
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/massachusetts/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Native_American_tribes_in_Massachusetts
What was the name of New York City in the 1400s?
Long before any Europeans arrived, the area now known as New York City was inhabited by the Native American Lenape tribe.
I doubt that they had a single, specific name for the exact boundaries of land that now constitute the five boroughs of New York City. Why would they? The five boroughs of New York City did not exist at that time. Since they had no reason to think of the land that is now the five boroughs as a single entity, they would not have given it a single, specific name. They had no reason to assign the same boundaries to their land as the Europeans would in the future.
The Lenape name for the general region -- which includes what is now New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and the southeastern part of New York State (the Hudson River Valley and New York City) -- was, "Lenapehoking."
Their name for the Island of Manhattan was "Mannahatta" or "Manahata."
They called the area now known as Brooklyn, "Canarsee," and today there is a neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn called Canarsie.
"Jameco" was their name for the area of Queens that is now known as the Jamaica neighborhood. The Rockaway neighborhood also got its name from their word for the area, which apparently sounded like, "rack-a-wak-e."
The Lenapes called The Bronx, "Rananchqua," while other Native American tribes called it, "Keskeskeck."
The Lenapes called Staten Island, "Aquehonga Manacknong" and/or "Eghquaons."
How do you say 'bear attack' in native American?
There are over 200 different tribes of Native Americans in North America. Each one has its own distinct language. There is no single Native American language.
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Inventor of the Native American writing system?
There are many different Native American tribes with their own languages. Sequoia devised a system for writing the Cherokee language; but Navaho, Comanche, and other tribal languages would have nothing to do with the Cherokee system.
Do Indians speak English US or English UK?
There is very little diference in the spoken language. Spelling and grammar differ slightly.
People from the Indian sub-continent are likely to use UK English while Native American Indians are more likely to use US English
How do you say team in ojibway?
Ojibwe has no general term for a team, instead being more specific about how many people and what the "team" is doing:
- aanzawaadagaa means to swim in a group
- bagamiba`iwe means to arrive running in a group
- bimiba`idi means to run along together in a group
- gwej is specifically a group of 10 people
- midaaso-niizhwewaanagizi is a group of 12 people
- naanoba`idi is to run together in a group of 5 people
- niiwoba`idi is to run together in a group of 4 people
- niizhooba`idi is to run together in a group of 2 people
- ningodwaakozi means to be a group of 100 people
- nisoba`idi means to run together in a group of 3 people
How did colonists undermine traditional native american agriculture and hunting?
The colonists didnâ??t want to follow the Native American ways for farming or hunting. Instead they wanted to use the native hunting land for farming, and plant crops from their homelands.
How do you pronounce hua kola in Native American language?
Hau Kola is Sioux and it is pronounced like: HOW KO-laah and it basically means "greetings friend" or "hello friend".
Although it is important to remember that english is an entirely different language with similar sounds but they are not exactly the same sounds as are pronounced in Sioux. So "Hau" sounds very similar to "How" but they are not exactly the same.
When I pronounce "Hau", to me it feels more like a single syllable combination of "haa" + "oo" more than it feels like the english word "how".
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What is the Indian name that existed previous to Skunk River in Iowa?
every tribe had is own language. therefore your question can not be answered as a general question.
You will have to research the area you are in question about.
What is fine 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 do you say jumper in Navajo?
If you mean a jumper as in sweater or pullover, the Navajo climate can get very cold in the winter with snow and cold at night a sweater would be useful, some areas are above 8,000 feet am lot is also cold steppe environment in the winter, so the word for a sweater or sweatshirt is éétsoh naatsʼǫǫdii or ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii .
If you mean "one who jumps" that is much harder because there are som many ways to say "jumping" in Navajo for example to jump away is different than to jump down and from jump out of the water. And it depends how many are jumping.
To jump down is :dah nishtjį́į́d
ones who jumps might be: dah neeshtjį́į́dígíí(but i may have conjugated it wrong)
What does Iowa mean in Sioux Indian Language?
The State of Iowa is named for the Ioway tribe - but that name is not their real name, only one applied to them by other tribes. Almost all native tribes in the modern USA are known today by the wrong names in this way.
The true origin of "Ioway" is difficult to establish; perhaps it is from Dakota ayuxbe or Lakota ayuhwa (meaning "asleep" or "sleepy ones"). So "Iowa" is a white American corrupted version of the Sioux word and in itself has no meaning.
The true name of the tribe (the name they call themselves) is Báxoje, and the meaning of this word is uncertain.
What is the Navajo word for lover?
to make love to him or her: bich'į' 'ashjił
Normally to make a noun as in "one who is" you add ii or in this case nii at the end, and to make it "my" change the "bi" to "shi". However , in this case I am not sure because 'ashjiłnii is more like promiscuous one or slutty one, so I am not sure of the translation. Another possibility is : 'ashk'eed which is to have sex (and is vulgar). Or na'acha. There are a few more words used for sex.
To be in love with him/her is : ayóí 'óosh'ní ---(maybe you can add nii at the end to mean "one I love' but in English "lover' really usually means "one I am sleeping with".
What languages were spoken by Sinagua Indians?
Like all pre-Colombian native groups we have only archaeological evidence for their culture, which gives no clue about the language or languages they spoke.
Language only survives if it is written in some form and the only Pre-Columbian people in the Americas to have a written form of language are the groups in Mexico and Central America.
We can therefore never know what language was used by the people today termed "Sinagua" (Spanish for "without water"), although there is a Hopi tradition that some of their clans are descended from those ancient people. Such a claim is impossible to confirm.
