AIR – ADVANCED
Instructions: Click on the beads to learn how to say kinship terms and hello in Indigenous languages.
Tânisi - Hello
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Tawnshi - Hello
Michif (Métis)
Algonquian Language Family
She:kon - Hello
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family
Vanh gwiinzii - Good Morning
Gwich’in
Athapaskan Language Family
Oki - Hello
Niitsitapi (Kainai Blackfoot)
Algonquian Language Family
Shekoli - Hello
Oneida
Iroquoian Language Family
Tunngasugit - Welcome
Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Naaáhs - Grandfather
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Awâsis - Child
Michif (Métis)
Algonquian Language Family
Bèebii - Baby
Gwich’in
Athapaskan Language Family
Niksíssta - mother
Niitsitapi (Kainai Blackfoot)
Algonquian Language Family
Latiksa'shúha̲ - Children
Oneida
Iroquoian Language Family
Ilagiit - Family
Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Istá or istah - Mother
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family
Maama or nimâmâ - Mother
Michif (Métis)
Algonquian Language Family
Aksótha - Grandmother
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family
Shahanh - My mother
Gwich’in
Athapaskan Language Family
Laksótha̲ - My grandfather
Oneida
Iroquoian Language Family
Anaanatsiaq - Grandmother
Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Naaáhs - Grandmother
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Papa - Father
Michif (Métis)
Algonquian Language Family
Shidaazhii kat - My relatives
Gwich’in
Athapaskan Language Family
Rake’níha - Father
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
Iroquoian Language Family
Ataatatsiaq - Grandfather
Inuktitut
South Qikiqtaaluk
Nimosom or moshum - Grandfather
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Nohkom or Kokum - Grandmother
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Nikawi - Mother
Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree)
Algonquian Language Family
Aksótha̲ - My grandmother
Oneida
Iroquoian Language Family
I chexw tl’iḵ = Hello
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
lhen cheshá7 = My mother
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
en man = My father
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
/skakal/ = Baby
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
ten - Mother
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
’uy skweyul - Hello
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
men - Father
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
sulsilu - Grandparents
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish