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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 continent did Native Americans originally come from?
Native Americans crossed the land bridge to North America from Asia. So technically they are from Asia.
What is the Native American word for share?
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
What is the official Indian language?
There is no such thing as an "official Indian language". If you are asking what the languages of India are that have any kind of official status, they are:
Assamese
Bengali
Kokborok
Chhattisgarhi
English
Gujarati
Hindi
Santali
Kannada
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Marathi
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
Mizo
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
What Connecticut mean 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 write welcome word in all Indian language?
There are more than 700 Native American languages and more than 750 languages in India. You will need to be more specific.
What is the native American translation for cloud?
There is not one "native american" language or even one language family. There are languages that are as different as Chinese, English and Arabic.
Cloud in Navajo (Diné bizaad) is:kʼos
The k' sound is a glottalized k sound. Hold your breath in your throat and say k then os (as in toast)
What is the Cherokee Indian language translation for the name Brenda and for Jean?
Brenda and Jean would be the same in Cherokee since they are a person's name. Brenda is of Old Norse origin and Jean is of English/Scottish origins.
What is an important form of everyday resistance to white dominations among Native Americans?
Where to even begin. Although much of this will make no sense to you, a few things (stories, or whatever) are: * Only a white man needs a clock to tell him he is hungry. * Only a white man needs a clock to tell him its morning and the sun is up / night and the sun is down. * Only a white man needs a calendar to tell him its (summer, fall, winter, spring). * Only a white man thinks that "Life" means forever / white men cannot see past the tip of their own noses. * Only a white man will steal from his own children. There is also a strong resistance against white religions because these religions preach that "Any and All Sins" are forgiven by a simple belief that they are, this has entitled white men to commit every one of these sins (with zealous abandon) because of this belief. White religions are also religions of convenience, when their "gods" are needed they call on them and others belief in them, but when they commit sins against that god they shun his existence.
This same conduct is best exemplified by a man who leaves on his wedding ring, until of course it is a problem for him; so he hides it in his pocket.
As a quick view of white society. One people, One Voice, One goal.
A Sipapu is a Hopi word that refers to a small shallow hole is the kivas floor. It is meant to symbolize a portal used by ancestors to enter this world and to remind them of their origin on earth.
How do you write the name Danny in Cherokee?
It is written as: D-A-N-N-Y as Cherokee does not contain European names; also the name DANNY does not translate to any known word in Tsalagi (Cherokee).
What languages were spoken by Powhatan Indians?
The Powhatan language is classified as Algonquian (not Algonquin), meaning that it is distantly related to the language spoken by the Algonquin tribe of Canada. It is one of the Virginia Algonquian group of languages and was made up of many different dialects (not surprisingly, since the Powhatan "tribe" was really a collection of very many associated tribes).
A few words in Powhatan are:
ato:ns or askwiwa:n (arrow)
aroughcan or a:re:hkan (racoon)
pockerchikory (hickory)
pichamins, pushemins or pasimenan (persimmon)
appuminneonash (parched Indian corn = hominy)
cheawanta (robin)
comotinch (six)
crenepo (woman)
namaske or nammeis (fish)
nekut (one)
Their language was called Powhatan, also known as Virginia Algonquian.
Are there Indian words that start with x?
Native American words starting with x:
xota = Dakota/Lakota for grey
xas = Delaware/Lenape for the number 8
xuáhchee = Crow for skunk
How do you say black in Aztec?
The Nahuatl word for black is tliltic or cacatzactli. Nahuatl is the name of the Aztec language.
What is a four letter word for native American tribe?
If you mean "What is a native American tribe with a four-letter name?", there are quite a few in North and South America:
- Coos
- Cora
- Cree
- Crow
- Erie
- Eyak
- Hare
- Hopi
- Hupa
- Iowa
- Mono
- Pima
- Pomo
- Sauk (Saki)
- Seri
- Tiwa
- Towa
- Tewa
- Yahi
- Yana
- Yuki
- Yuma
- Zuni
- Paez
- Remo
- Sape
- Bora
- Duit
- Yora
- Bare
- Maca
- Bari
- Cara
There are many more.
What is the Comanche symbol for the copperhead snake?
No native American tribe had a "symbol" for every individual species of snake - if they felt compelled to draw one (and i can not see why they would want to), they simply drew a rough image representing any kind of snake.
What is the mohawk word or name for snake?
The Mohawk word for snake is ONYARE but it does not identify the type of snake.
in Canada, there are only about 150, 000 people who can speak fluent cree.
What does the name Darlene translate to in the 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 soul mates in ogalala souix?
The Native Languages website does not list how to say soul mates in the Ogalala Sioux language. Sadly, the Native American language is becoming a thing of the past, and only a few of the elders still speak it.
Is native American word for grandmother mema?
There is actually no such language as "Native American". 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
What language does the name Rykan come from and what does it mean?
The name Rykan comes from a German word "Reichen." The word is a German verb meaning 'to hand over' or 'to reach.' It could also be derived from the German "Reich" which means 'rich' or 'domain.'
