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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
How do you say good night in nahuatl?
The Nahuatl phrase directly equivalent to "good night" is cuali tayohuah.
What are the Jamaican words for grandma and grandpa?
Grampa - Grand father or Grand pupa
GramMa - Granny
Source:
I am a 13 years old born Jamaica .living in Jamaican
What is 'peace' in the Sioux language?
In Lakota the word for peace is wolakhota; an older term is wookhiye.
Which american indians spoke iroquoian language?
Speakers conducted the Grand Council meetings. The Grand Council chose a speaker from either the Mohawk, Onondaga ,or Seneca nations. There was a new speaker each day. They told their opinions and perspectives of an issue in the Iroquois tribe.
Shímásání ( my maternal grandmother )
Shinálí ( my paternal grandmother)
Urdu is a combination of Hindi with what languages?
The answer you're looking for is Urdu, however, this is not actually true. Urdu is a dialect of Hindi written with the Arabic alphabet. It also contains many loan words from Arabic and Persian. But it is not a combination of two languages.
How do you spell the di'nai language of Navajo people?
Some traditional Navajo girl names are :Ádeezbaa'((she is going to lead a raid), Átsé Deezba (She is going first on a raid), Dlį́baa (Warrior Girl), Naazbaaa'(she went on a raid), or Asdzą́ą́łtsoii (yellow woman), and Ashiike Naakii ( the one with twin boys)
How do you say fire in the blackfoot Indian language?
Hello is OKI in Blackfoot. My name is is NII TA NIK KO.
What Indian words begin with the letter 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 water in Indian language?
There is no such thing as "indian language". India has more than 450 different languages.
One example is Tamil. Water in Tamil is Thanni (தண்ணி).
What is a Native American Indian man called?
A Native American man is called a man today. In the early days of the United States, a Native American might have been called a brave or a chief.
Also, Native Americans are not Indians. When Columbus set on his journey, he intended to find to a western route to India and when he came to America, he assumed he was in India and erroneously called everyone Indians. Today calling a Native American Indian may be offensive to both Native Americans and also real Indians, who we now know are on the other side of America.
Translate sweet dreams into the Cherokee language?
miracle
edit : I had the same question and while it does mean the same thing as the English language the Indian alphabet is different than the English and the translation for Miracle is "Usquani"
How do you pronounce E-li-si in Cherokee?
Pronunciation would be, eh-lee-see. Which means grandmother.
How do you say kicking in Sioux language?
The verb "kick" in Lakota is nahtaka [you say nagh.da.kah].
Adding the prefix wa- to the verb stem creates the absolute form of the verb, where no object is needed (in this case wanahtaka means just kicking, without needing to state what is being kicked).
The Oglala Sioux man who was an instigator of the Ghost Dance movement, Kicking Bear, was called mato wanahtaka or mahto wanahtake in Lakota.
What is Native American word for grandfather?
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
How do you say eternity in Sioux language?
The Great Sioux Nation refers to several tribes of Native Americans who resided and still do in the United States and parts of Canada. There are three major divisions within the Sioux Nation based on dialect and subculture. Those three divisions are:
1.) The Isanti, meaning "knife", and reside in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa. They are often referred to as the Santee or Eastern Dakota.
2.) Ihanktowan-Ihanktwana, meaning "Village at the end" and "little village at the end", reside in the Minnesota river area and are considered to be the Middle Sioux. They are often referred to as Yankton or Western Dakota.
3,) Teton or Tetonwan, its meaning uncertain, perhaps meaning "Dwellers on the prairie", are the westernmost Sioux, and are the Sioux most often portrayed in films and paintings and stories because they are well known for their hunting and warrior culture. They are referred to as the Lakota.
Of these divisions, there are variances in terms of dialect but the two major dialects are Nakota and Lakota and the differences in pronunciation and word usage would be similar to that of England and the United States. Both languages can be spoken and understood by the peoples of the Great Sioux Nation. There is a limited amount of information about the Sioux language and for the most part was a language that survived through oral traditions. The language was put in written form by missionaries around 1840 and the language has evolved to incorporate words to accommodate for modern times, but it is difficult to gain access to the language on the inter net and in libraries and is a language better learned by spending time with the people who speak it.
That being said, there is a site that offers an extensive vocabulary list of Lakota words, but the poster apologizes up front for any misspelling or mistakes in translations. The words offered on that site for "new" and "beginning" are:
"Teca" and "Otoka", respectively.
It is unclear if "teca otoka" is how the Sioux would say "new beginnings", and it would be nice to have some one from the Great Sioux Nation answering questions here on Wikianswers as I too, would like to know how to say "new beginnings" in Lakota.
The site from which this translation was made is: Language.nativeweb.org/Lakota_translation.htm.
What is the Chinook word for mother?
La maman or mama (Chinook jargon loan words from French and English).
How do you spell sheila in the Cherokee language?
Sheila is spelled ᏏᎳ (pronounced see-lah)
(If you can't see the Cherokee letters, it means you need to install a cherokee font on your computer. Just search for a free cherokee font and download it.)
What languages were spoken by Plateau Indians?
The so-called "Plateau tribes" did not all speak the same language:
- the Kootenai spoke a Kitunahan language perhaps distantly related to Algonquian
- the Flatheads spoke a Salish language (the most easterly of all Salish tribes)
- the Pend d'Oreille spoke a Salish language
- the Shuswap people spoke a Salish language
- the Lillooet tribe spoke a Salish language
- the Thompson tribe spoke a Salish language
- the original Nicola people spoke an Athapaskan language
- the Okanagan tribe spoke a Salish language
- the Lakes tribe spoke a Salish language
- the Colville tribe spoke a Salish language
- the Kalispel spoke a Salish language
- the Wenatchee spoke a Salish language
- the Chelan spoke a Salish language
- the Sanpoil people spoke a Salish language
- the Nez Perce people spoke a Shahaptin language
- the Coeur d'Alene tribe spoke a Salish language
- the Cayuse people spoke a Penutian language
- the Umatilla people spoke a Shahaptin language
- the Walla Walla tribe spoke a Shahaptin language
- the Palouse people spoke a Shahaptin language
- the Warm Springs /Tenino spoke a Shahaptin language
- the Yakima people spoke a Shahaptin language
- the Wasco people spoke a Chinookan language
- the Wishram people spoke a Chinookan language
- the Molala people spoke a Penutian language
- the Klamath people spoke a Penutian language
- the Modoc people spoke a Penutian language
Although many of these languages are related they are not always mutually understandable; Yakima Shahaptin is not the same as Nez Perce Shahaptin for example.
What the Navajo word for Thank you?
ahéheeʼ is the Navajo word for "thank you". The root stem is one for gratitude. About 175,000 people speak Navajo and this is the most common way to say it.
The mark above the e is high tone. The mark at the end is a glottal stop consonant. e and ee are said like in "met" but the double e is held longer. The first h is much harsher than in English , almost like a Spanish J.
