Intro to Blackfoot pronunciation

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  • Опубликовано: 28 мар 2017
  • A quick overview of some of the basics of the Blackfoot language spoken in Southern Alberta and Northern Montana. This tutorial covers the sounds of Blackfoot, and some very basic grammar.

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  • @cyliejeanjohnston2500
    @cyliejeanjohnston2500 4 года назад +13

    Thank you for making this, none of my living family speaks any of our native languages and I have always wanted to learn so that I can teach my future children so it doesn’t get lost with time ❤️ Cylie, Ontario, Algonquin and Blackfoot

  • @TeaLaRee
    @TeaLaRee Год назад

    Thank you, this is priceless for keep the culture alive. So many of us want to learn.

  • @rebeccachamberlain6318
    @rebeccachamberlain6318 3 года назад

    Such important work. We are grateful for the beautiful Blackfoot language Thank you!

  • @EFMMike
    @EFMMike 2 года назад

    My late maternal grandmother was from Siksika in Alberta. Thank you so much for this video it is a beautiful language and I have the privilege of studying it for a linguistics class and my soul. :) Cree here in Sask

  • @jonvladimirtsev3002
    @jonvladimirtsev3002 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for working to perpetuate such a beautiful language! Jon Vladimirtsev, Wyoming, USA

  • @germanduce324
    @germanduce324 4 года назад

    Thanks for the video. I hope the language will survive. Such a great treasure

  • @rickysanchez8709
    @rickysanchez8709 4 года назад

    Hard as steel is this beautiful. Thank you for sharing

  • @maeshaun5318
    @maeshaun5318 4 года назад +2

    This is wonderful. Thank you.

  • @aprilespinoza88
    @aprilespinoza88 5 лет назад +2

    Great video!

  • @joanndoty6495
    @joanndoty6495 Год назад

    Thank you my bro.OKII.

  • @cayleyrawlyck4033
    @cayleyrawlyck4033 2 года назад

    Thank you very much Joey!

  • @makaibey8146
    @makaibey8146 3 года назад +1

    Also Siksika have silent letters? I realized that wa doesn't usually get pronounced but I could be wrong

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  3 года назад

      That's right. This varies a little bit between the dialects with some areas pronouncing -wa and -yi more frequently than others, but in a lot of cases, they do (mostly) get dropped.

  • @leefelixsegg2666
    @leefelixsegg2666 4 года назад +1

    My grandmother cut off all connections to our history. Wouldn't even allow my mother to see her grandmother who wanted to keep the language going. My grandmother new everything but wanted to cut it off so here i am trying to learn our language from a stranger because my granny is selfish

  • @traceyvivar8617
    @traceyvivar8617 4 года назад +1

    Fantastic lesson. Is the pronunciation different for the Canadian Blackfeet vs Montana Blackfeet?

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  4 года назад +2

      There are a few pronunciation differences. If memory serves, in Montana Blackfeet pronunciation 'potato' is pátaaki whereas in Kainai, it's mátaaki. The Blackfeet might also have slightly different vowel sounds. But, overall, speakers of the different dialects can understand each other quite well.

    • @traceyvivar8617
      @traceyvivar8617 4 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks Thanks. I live on the Blackfeet Rez here in Montana so I'm interested in learning the language.

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  4 года назад +1

      @@traceyvivar8617 I don't know a lot about the Montana Blackfeet language specifically, but a lot of what is found in Donald Frantz' grammar should be applicable. Between that and speaking with local Elders will be your best shot, most likely.

    • @traceyvivar8617
      @traceyvivar8617 4 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks Thanks. Will do.

    • @ErinBrown1444
      @ErinBrown1444 5 месяцев назад

      Very helpful! My Grammy was very proud of her heritage but only knew she was of Blackfoot decent., she did not speak the language. I want to learn as much as I can in her honour and keep the culture alive. I have been learning as much as I can about Blackfoot. I find this very helpful, I also have the learn Blackfoot app.

  • @lovecats6856
    @lovecats6856 4 года назад

    Wow

  • @makaibey8146
    @makaibey8146 3 года назад +1

    This is great video introduction to Blackfoot. Also with like iinani why not right the i with a macron to emphasize the hold of the vowel?

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  3 года назад +1

      That would be one way to indicate long vowels, for sure. The Blackfoot writing system doesn't have a macron in it, and the accents are used to indicate pitch accent rather than length. When the writing system was invented in the 1980s, Don Frantz decided to use double letters to indicate length instead of diacritics, because he believed it would be the simplest way to code length, thus, hopefully, making it easier for people to learn and use.

    • @makaibey8146
      @makaibey8146 3 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks Hmmm ok that makes sense. Also I know blackfeet has it's own script from latin and I was wondering how I can learn more?

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  3 года назад +1

      @@makaibey8146 I don't know a whole lot on the Blackfeet in Montana, so I don't want to give you incorrect information on that variety specifically. This paper is from a researcher at the University of Montana and references the original work by Donald Frantz in the 70s on creating the standardized writing system: lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/02/2009_Miyashita_Chatsis.pdf

    • @makaibey8146
      @makaibey8146 3 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks ooh Ok thanks also with the plural endings do you think you can do a in depth guide on the pronunciation. Like ists I can't really get that down verbally

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  3 года назад

      @@makaibey8146 great idea for a future video!
      Think of it this way: say the word 'beasts' slowly making sure you get that good pronunciation of the at the end. Drop the and you get the Blackfoot inanimate plural ending. The same goes for the animate plural ending, it's the same as 'beaks' if you drop the initial . It takes some practice to put that onto the end of Blackfoot words, and it seems strange from an English-speaking point of view, but we do have those sound combinations in English too, or at least pretty close to them.

  • @RoyalKnightVIII
    @RoyalKnightVIII 2 года назад

    I wonder how a similar video could be done with blackfoot syllabics?
    For ex with iinana why is there an a at the end when it's not pronounced?
    Could iinana be ᖱᐟᖻᐡ iinan?

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  2 года назад +1

      I'm not an expert in syllables, though I'd love to see that video! I imagine that the extra at the end is the same reason it is written using the Latin script with it--in linguistics, we call it reference tracking, and it contrasts with -(y)I. For example, if you were talking about 'money' inaan, it would be inaana, but 'my father's money' would be ninna inaani. So, the final vowel, even if not normally pronounced, is important.

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  2 года назад +1

      I'll also add, if you were talking about iinán 'banana', it would be iináni rather than iinána because 'banana' is an inanimate noun.

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 2 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks Hello?

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  2 года назад

      @@RoyalKnightVIII oki

    • @RoyalKnightVIII
      @RoyalKnightVIII 2 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks wanted to know if you wanted to exchange info on Syllabics via eemail

  • @patriciajemmott6518
    @patriciajemmott6518 3 года назад

    I always wanted to learn my native language

  • @Mikemugee
    @Mikemugee 2 года назад

    íkssoká'piwa!!

  • @deitrestolbert4951
    @deitrestolbert4951 2 года назад

    I gotta go at a slower pace....... lot of letters but i can do it,

  • @nastashaweaselhead9425
    @nastashaweaselhead9425 2 года назад

    I am about to marry Spotted Eagles Granddaughter! Luckiest Guy on Earth 😊❤🤗

  • @lilchugjug3470
    @lilchugjug3470 4 года назад +2

    oki im blackfoot

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  4 года назад

      Oki--hope the video was helpful in some way!

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  4 года назад

      @Дмитрий С I don't know a whole lot about how the Amskapi Piikani dialect (which, I believe, is where Schulz did research) diverges from the others here in Canada, but having a -yi ending on 'hello' makes a certain amount of sense. In modern Blackfoot though (among the dialects I'm familiar with), everyone just says Oki.

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  4 года назад

      @Дмитрий С That's exactly right, or Schultz analyzed an opaque form, either is possible.

    • @lilchugjug3470
      @lilchugjug3470 4 года назад

      @@JWW_Woodworks i am canadian by the way

    • @JWW_Woodworks
      @JWW_Woodworks  4 года назад

      @@lilchugjug3470 as am I. The Blackfoot in this video is from the Kainai dialect, which is largely spoken near Lethbridge, in Southern Alberta.

  • @BL-rb7jm
    @BL-rb7jm 2 года назад

    You are not making it easy.u should say one word at a time.and repeat it 3 times.