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The letter h is used for the glottal stop [ʔ], which is represented in the broader Ojibwe version with the apostrophe. In Ottawa, the apostrophe is reserved for a separate function, as noted below. [16] In a few primarily expressive words, orthographic h has the phonetic value [h]: aa haaw "OK". [32]
Okaloosa County – from the Choctaw words oka (water) and lusa (black). Okeechobee County – from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chobi (big), a reference to Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida. Osceola County – named after Osceola, the Native American leader who led the Second Seminole War. Sarasota County
The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language.His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until its creation. [3]
Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.
Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics (or Great Lakes Aboriginal syllabics, [1] also referred to as "Western Great Lakes Syllabary" by Campbell [2]) is a writing system for several Algonquian languages that emerged during the nineteenth century and whose existence was first noted in 1880. [3]
Native Americans would use a twisting method to create a tight woven chord from the grasses and animal fur. They woud then use the chords to create a large cable, DeGannaro said.
American + Sāmoa: The CIA World Factbook says "The name Samoa is composed of two parts, 'sa', meaning sacred, and 'moa', meaning center, so the name can mean Holy Center; alternately, it can mean 'place of the sacred moa bird' of Polynesian mythology." [113] "American" is ultimately derived from Amerigo Vespucci. [114]
In the 1970s and 1980s, a systematic attempt was made to adapt Unifon as a spelling system for several Native American languages. The chief driving force behind this effort was Tom Parsons of Humboldt State University , who developed spelling schemes for Hupa , Yurok , Tolowa , and Karok , which were then improved by native scholars.