AIR – BEGINNER
Instructions: Click on the beads in the two innermost rings 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 (Kanai 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 (Kanai 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
I chexw tl’iḵ = Hello
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
lhen cheshá7 = My mother
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
’uy skweyul = Hello
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
ten = Mother
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish