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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 a Native American word that starts with the letter O?
The Oneida Tribe is a Native American tribe in central New York State. It begins with the letter O.
What is the Native American word for Connecticut?
Connecticut derives from a place-name in the local Mohegan, Pequot or Paugusset language. It was originally con-atuk-ok, meaning "at the long river", where the -ok ending indicates a locative or place name.
What does native mean in Native American?
This means that native Americans live here and are not from somewhere else. Like a native habitat which is a place where something is a home.
How does the American Indian movement feel about the word squaw?
Squaw is considered a pejorative, meaning the female sexual organ.
What was the name of the Chumash language?
The language of the Chumash people is called Chumash. There are or have been six Chumashan languages (different versions of Chumash).
They are:
- Northern Chumash (Obispeño or Tilhini)
- Island Chumash
- Purisimeño
- Ineseño (also spelled Inezeño), now called Samala by those hwho speak it
- Barbareño (now called Shmuwich or Šmuwič)
- Ventureño (now called Mitsqanaqa'n)
What is the Choctaw translation of the word brother?
there are 3 tongues to choctaw -Hictuc
-Hac-tan
-Opi-naw
that might be Iracoi tho
What are some simple words in the Shawnee language?
Shawnee is one of the Central Algonquian languages, related most closely to Sac, Fox and Kickapoo. It has only 4 vowels (a,e,i,o, which can be either long or short) and 13 consonants (p, t, tsh, k, ', th, sh, h, l, m, n, w, j).
Historically, the Shawnee people and language were often called "Shawano" by white Americans. Both words derive from the eastern Algonquian word meaning "south".
A few "simple" words are:
ni mene............................I drink
ni meniele.........................I dance
neawai..............................I thank you
peshalo.............................take care
weshshi............................good
haiha!................................I am sorry!
hina...................................then
nishi...................................two
kwanakike.........................years
woonewa'hi.......................he saw them
nitkwa'ma..........................[she is] my sister
noskima.............................[he is] my brother
washi.................................so
wentashi............................they returned
menethiki...........................island
gisika..................................fast
yuluma wipekwa hakwiwena...........these blankets are grey
nanapi................................sometimes
k'kakile lenawegi................turtle clan
pelethi' lenawegi................turkey clan
Showanoaki........................Shawnees (literally "south men")
hokima'ki............................chiefs
shishipe kawe....................the duck dance
takwa..................................bread
peki.....................................much
wapagi................................morning
wipi......................................arrow
nipi.......................................my arrow
kakwa..................................porcupine
What Native American language was used as a code by the US during World War 2?
Navajo Answer #2:
There were more than one tribe used by the US Military in WWII, although the Navajo was made popular by movies, the tribes were: # Meskwaki - North African theater: 1941 # Comanche - 4th Signal Company - European theater # Basque - Asian (Pacific) theater - May 1942 (abandoned for lack of personnel) # Navajo - Asian (Pacific) theater - 1942 Also please note that the Cherokee were the first "Code Talkers" used in military conflict - WWI (September 1918) 30th Infantry Division - Second battle of the Somme.
Adolf Hitler knew about the use of these "Code Talkers" in WWI, so he sent 30 anthropologists to learn Native American languages before the outbreak of WWII.
Indian language and culture was greatly influenced by the who?
what country has a larger population then India
How do you say lucky in Navajo?
bízhánee -- is he/she/it is lucky.
bích'ijí ́aztą́--- to be lucky
Doo lá dó' shí da!-----"Boy oh boy I'm lucky!"
bich'ijí 'oo'ááł----To be one's lucky day.
You need to congugate these as to 1st, 2nd, 3rd (dual and plural), and 4th etc. (Yes, Navjo has a 4th person)
Shane translated in Native American?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America.
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
- Yupik, Central
- Yupik, Central Siberian
- Yupik, Pacific Gulf
- Yurok
- Zuni
What does wie tou mean in American Indian language?
There are about 700 different Native American languages.
But there is no such language as "Indian".
What is the Native American word for necklace?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken. You would have to be more specific.
It's a Cherokee word (1 of many because of different Clan/Regional dialects) for "Running".
What is loca in Native American?
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
- Yupik, Central
- Yupik, Central Siberian
- Yupik, Pacific Gulf
- Yurok
- Zuni
How do you say Hello in cree language?
Cree does not have a direct equivalent to "hello", but there are these words of greeting:
tawaw.........................welcome
tansi (or) ta'nisi...........hi, how are you?, how are things? (it literally means "how?")
When you speak of a substances composition what does it mean?
The composition of a substance is what it is made of.
What is the difference between second language and native language?
A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue. A native language is the language a human being learns from birth.
What is the seneca word for white dove?
The Seneca word for a dove (any colour) is tsyuæhkúwá'.This is distantly related to the Cayuga word tsahgo:wah.
