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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 native American language family did the Nipmuc's language belong to?
The Nipmucs spoke a dialect of Natick, which is part of the Algonquian language family. Their name means "people at the small pond".
What does the name checotah mean?
In its Americanised form it means nothing at all, but it derives from the name of an important Creek chief - Samuel Checote. This name would be more usually written cikoti today; the meaning is unknown.
Where can you learn Tsalagi online?
I normally go to Cherokee.org and use their word list. But Tsalagi has many dialects so make sure you know which one you are learning. vv tsalagi dikaneisdi tsigataha. aya gesvi gawonisgi asgoli asgaya. :D
Which 26 states are named from Indian languages?
There are 30 states with American Indian names, including the dakotas (but not including Hawaii, which is a Native American word, but not an "American Indian" word):
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
When did America first become known as the United States of American?
The term "America" has been used to refer to the continents or region of North and/or South America since about the 1500s (after Amerigo Vespucci, a minor Italian navigator who allegedly made two trips to the New World).
For the British, then, the term "America" came to refer to their American colonies, which by 1776 were 13 in number lying along the Atlantic coast of what is now North America, along with Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
For the Spanish, Portuguese, and French, the term "America" came to refer to their respective colonies in what is now North and South America.
When the 13 British colonies revolted against British rule in 1776, the Declaration of Independence made one of the first references to the "United States of America." However, the capitalization used on the header of that document is: "united States of America," implying that "united" was not yet part of the name of a country, but a mere descriptor for the way in which the 13 colonies or states were related to each other.
Over the course of the American Revolution, the name "United States of America" came to refer to the 13 colonies collectively and then, under the Articles of Confederation (1781) and under the current federal constitution (as of 1787), to them as a unified federal republic.
What is the Native American translation for whitetail deer hunter?
You need to specify a particular native language - there are hundreds to choose from.
What country is called Magyr in the native language?
The Hungarian people are called "Magyar" in Hungarian, while the country is called "Magyar Orszag" or "Magyarorszag" (the republic of Hungary)
What languages were spoken by Plains Indians?
Each tribe spoke its own language or dialect (a variant form of a language), which is the reason for the development of Plains Sign language, so that all the tribes of the region could communicate with each other.
For the purely Plains tribes the languages are:
- Blackfoot, Piegan and Blood tribes.....Blackfoot language (belonging to the Algonquian group)
- Atsina.................................................Atsina language (belonging to the Algonquian group)
- Sarci...................................................Sarci (an Athapaskan language)
- Crow...................................................Crow language (belonging to the large Siouan group)
- Assiniboin............................................Assiniboin (a Siouan language)
- Teton Sioux..........................................Lakota dialect
- Cheyenne.............................................Soo'taa'e and Cheyenne languages (both Algonquian)
- Arapaho................................................Arapaho language (Algonquian)
- Kiowa....................................................Kiowa (unrelated to any other)
- Kiowa-Apache.......................................an Apache dialect (an Athapaskan language)
- Comanche..............................................Comanche (a Shoshonean language)
It is totally wrong to think that every tribe spoke the same language. Each tribe spoke its own language or dialect (a variant form of a language), which is the reason for the development of Plains Sign language, so that all the tribes of the region could communicate with each other.
What does Jeremy mean in Native American language?
It means nothing in any native American language, since it is not a word in any of those languages. It derives from Hebrew jeremiah (= exalted of the Lord) and is therefore a Jewish name.
What is the native American word for spotted?
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
Modern English is fusion of Old English ( which has a lot of Norse in it ) and Norman French. With the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, French became the official language there. A few centuries later, Middle English literature appears - with a great deal of French vocabulary and grammar. Modern English is dated roughly from Shakespeare' s time.
How do you say hello in Cherokee Indian?
ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo)
or
'ᏏᏲ (Siyo) - informal
Answer:
oh-she-yo (how to say it)
o-si-yo (how it's spelled)
Answer:
You might find this pretty cool. Nawuati is how you say hello or Na-wau-tai. It actually means walk in peace and harmony and its how you say hello and good by. Its pretty much universal for dozens of native american tribes. The chereokee never say good by or hello just walk in peace and harmony.
Osiyo - Pronounced "Oh-say-Oh" or "Oh-sey-Oh" depending on dialect inflections.
Formally, the Cherokee greeting is 'o-si-yo'
But in casual conversation you would more likely hear 'si-yo' (see yo')
Where did the main inspiration for Native American stories come from?
it comes from the elderly Indians who told the stories, when they heard it from their ancestors.
Are all native Americans part of gambling?
Native Americans, depending on state laws, are allowed to have some form of legalized gambling. In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tribal organizations are soverign and are allowed to have class III gambling enterpises. The Navajo, who are now working to change it, don't have any legalized form of corporate gambling.
What is the Sioux word for yellow hair?
The Lakota word for human hair is pehin and yellow is zi or zizi, so "yellow Hair" would be pehin zi or pehin zizi.
The Brulé Sioux chief of that name did not have yellow hair (naturally); he was a member of a delegation to Washington in 1870 and was photographed many times.
If the hair belongs to an animal, then it would be hin zi.
What is the lakota translation for woman of little words?
The Lakota translation for "woman of little words" can be expressed as "Wíiyukta WíiyA," where "Wíiyukta" refers to "woman" and "WíiyA" conveys the idea of being of few words or speaking little. However, translations can vary based on context and dialect. For precise usage, consulting a fluent Lakota speaker or language expert is recommended.
