Native Languages of the Americas

Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous languages of the Americas. On this blog we respond to selected questions about Native American languages, folklore, and traditions that have been submitted to us.

Friday, November 12, 2021

The Arawakan meaning of Cunucu

Q : Ok I have another Arawak question. There is a breed of dog called the Arubian Cunucu. Apparently this kind of dog was bred by Arawak peo...

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Interested in using your artistic skills for a language project?

We are currently developing a new worksheet series, Members of the Family. For this project, we will need pictures of faces for a family tr...

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Blackfoot Numerals

Q : Thank you for your page about the Blackfoot alphabet . But I only see letters on the chart, not numbers. How do you write numbers in Bla...

Friday, October 1, 2021

The Arawakan meaning of Guajiro

Q : On Wikipedia, it says that the Cuban word "guajiro" (which means a campesino or farmer and is the name of a certain style of...

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Cahuilla for Grandmother

Q : My mother comes from the Cahuilla tribe and I am expecting my first child, I would like to know the word for "grandmother" for...

Monday, July 26, 2021

Kiwa'kwe

Q : Do you recognize the (Penobscot?) word Kiwa’kwe, documented by Frank G. Speck? It was the name of a game children played about a man-eat...

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Mohawk Diacritical Marks

Q : On your website you give the Mohawk word for "bear" as Ohkwa:ri. On another website it says the word is spelled Ohkw á:ri with...

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Native Languages of the Americas: Welcome to our blog! Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous languages of the Americas, particularly through the use of Internet technology. We make small grants to Native language preservation projects, and we create Internet and classroom resources to support language learning programs. Let us know how we can help your community's language projects today!

We are using this blog for a question and answer forum to publicly respond to selected questions that have been submitted to us. Although we have speakers and learners of more than 40 different Native American languages in our organization, we do not know everything and we welcome additions and corrections. Wado, miigwech, pilamaya ye, and thanks to all!

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