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Jerry Wolfe passed on to the Great Rest a few years ago but his memory lives on. So glad there are still so many recordings of him that he lives on through. I encourage everyone to visit the Eastern Band of Cherokee in the Qualla Boundary, it's an amazing experience.
Wikitongues, please find one of the remaining speakers of Pawnee that probably live in Oklahama, U.S.A. There were about 100 native speakers of the language in 2015.
This channel is a linguist's dream! Thank you sir, for preserving this treasure and also for your service to this country! I wish you and all indigenous peoples had been, and might in the future be, better served by it.
Have you ever made note of some of the big similarities between Nippon Japanese and Cherokee, both in linguistics and physical appearance? Cherokees say "osiyo" for "hello." In Sioux and Wyandot, "how" or "howgh" was used for a greeting...and in Mandarin Chinese, "ni hao" is used as a greeting. Language gives us so much more history than most people realize.
It's great that the cherokee children are learning the language of their ancestors. In addition, being bilingual can help children's intellectual development greatly, according to research.
Hebrew didn't "come back". It was nominated by a small group of political actors and imposed on millions of people in order to cement a settler colonial regime in Palestine, a land that already had a people. How dare you compare indigenous Americans to Jews.
@@End-Result lol what It came back because a large group of people decided they wanted it to and began speaking it. That can be done without imposing it upon others. You don't have to look at what's done to the Palestinians to see what the Israelis have done for themselves. Well... not on the language front, anyway, lol.
I would have loved to hear this properly done with a mic and through a sound board. No squealing background noises… Such a wonderful story and today I heard about the honor of Jerry Wolfe being named Beloved Man. What a blessing of God!
Dear mister Jerry. I am so glad to hear that the young Cherokee children are learning the old (ancient) language. It is very important, because language says a lot about who you are...(the roots). It is a sort of identity. I am very interested in foreign languages. (Also different cultures -I always wanted to study antropology). I also read a lot about Indian people coming from eastern/west Virginia (books: Sacajawea and the yough of "Little Tree". He was a Cherokee. And all the pre-historic novels). Besides that I have learned already some Cherokee words and 3 songs (water, morning and greeting). The Grace song: U ne la nv hi u we tsi, i ga gu ya he i........(the trail of Tears). Very impressive. I understand that the language is very difficult (i read it is called:Tsalagi (Choctaw). Young children learn easy so...it is good to motivate them. When I can visit your place, together with my housband to be (he is half Cherokee, born in west Virginia) we would-be very pleased to see that.
They call it "the language of colour" because roughly 60% of all cherokee words are adjectives/verbs. the sentence structure also revolves around descriptiveness and adjective. its very cool
I am from the Cherokee tribe, and have always marveled at the Cherokee language, hearing it from the elders. Mango languages has helped me. I am currently learning it. It is indeed very difficult:
Zach Turner You’re White you can tell in your picture, the fact that indigenous tribes accept white $1 “natives” like yourself who have partial indigenous blood in them is beyond me, I’m actually full-blooded indigenous Náayeri to be exact so it angers me to see white fake Indians like yourself try and accept my peoples culture as your own when you people are barely indigenous.
Cherokee tradition says that if you have cherokee in you, married a cherokee, or (in the case of a few slaves) were owned by a cherokee then you are a cherokee. It doesn't make you Indian but it does make you a member of the nation in the same sense as being born in the US makes you an American regardless of where your people came from or how long they've been here.
My grandmother was Cherokee. I am the only one of my siblings with blue eyes. All the rest have black hair and brown eyes. My grandmother was from the Reservation in Oklahoma. My mom grew up in Bartlesville, OK and used to tell me stories about my grandma and I'll never forget that. This man, Jerry Wolfe, is beautiful and his heart and life show on the radiance and kindness of his face. Truly amazing soul. Sorry that he has passed, but what a wonderful memory.
I live an hour south of Cherokee. I don't know why I have not visited more. would love to sit and speak with the natives. My maternal grandfather was half Creek. Sad that I do not know more about my heritage.
Brandi, It's not to late. Go to Cherokee and learn about your heritage. Famous Cherokee word, Piedmont, most people don't realize it is a cherokee word means foot mountain. Go to Cherokee, Brandi
I just went to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian! It’s such a great museum and it’s amazing to learn all of the history and culture and to see the town of Cherokee, North Carolina. If anyone is around Eastern Tennessee or the Smokey Mountains, go spend a day at the museum!
He says it’s a tonal language.i thought the most complex tonal languages today are not in the Americas but in Asia. Sino Tibetan languages have this in common. When he started speaking it reminded me of Cantonese language. This man is a treasure.
@@DieFlabbergast I'm guessing you never researched Kru languages of West Africa, Oto-Manguean languages of Mexico or Ticuna of the Amazon...and there are more languages out there that are just as tonal and even more tonal than the ones you mentioned.
When we went to Cherokee several years ago , I think this man was at the cultural center and told a story. I was impressed by him and all the people there we met. Very kind and nice folks. We have more than a passing interest because my wife is nearly half native Am. She was told she was Cherokee but cant find that to be true or not.
"Big Bear country" Big Bear - Yona Equa was the top chief of the Cherokee towns in this Eastern Band area,back in 1819.The Big Bear and his sub Chiefs made it clear that they did not want to migrate to Arkansas under the Treaty of July 8th 1817.His band remained in these Mountains while approx. 3,000 Cherokees with Chiefs Dick Justice and Glass ,who were very top Chiefs,living around Chattanooga (modern) at the Towns of Running Water,due south to modern Al,at the Towns of Willstown and Creek path,joined the Black Fox, Taka-Toka and Tholuntuskee in the new Arkansas Cherokee Territory.This Treaty and migration west was the result of extreme pressure by the U.S. via agent R.J.Meigs.The migrating Chiefs , were Chiefs of the very valuable lands along the Tennessee river,and therefore were the recipients of the pressures to migrate west,prior to the 1835 treaty and 1839 removal west.Unlike the books imply-this gaining of the lands was in several steps,not all at once.
My husband is Ho Chunk and to me this sounds the most similar to Ho Chunk of any Indigenous language of North America I’ve listened to so far. If anyone is interested, you can check out Hoocak Academy here on RU-vid for reference. They have tons of videos in the language.
ᎤᎵᎶᎲᏍᎩ I wouldn't say it's as difficult, as it is ... incredibly different Non-native speakers of gi li See ... English ... look at the English participles and conditionals and freak out ... :^)
I grew up near the qualla boundary. When I was real little I could speak some Cherokee,, But I no longer know the language,any more and don't live there. But. I still visit, some times,,,
Hi, could someone please confirm that the language spoken from 0:27 to 0:36 in this GI-Joe's video (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LhJIkWmL7ec.html) is Cherokee, please? If so, what would it mean? Many thanks in advance!
Well ultimately keeping the language alive is in the hands of the Aniyunwiya nation, but theres a good course on mango languages, and the cherokee nation website has materials
I'm glad that there are immersion schools...it would be a shame to lose this language, especially when it was so pivotal in WWII! It's so pretty sounding.
It would be great if there were more resources covering the intricacies of Cherokee grammar in layman's terms or something close enough to layman's terms that your average person would be able to deduce what it means because I have found none of that so far. it's a shame because I really want to learn this language considering that I am at the very least an 8th Cherokee. the only courses I found that may cover it in layman's terms are ones that cost insane amounts of money or are just poorly made in general. The resources I found covering the Cherokee verb are both very bad at explaining things and are so obtusely verbose that it astounds me.
So sad that this and other American languages are dying and have died. Is the Cherokee syllabary still being taught in school? I don't mean to demean it, but I wonder if a latinized version of the script would be better for teaching this already very difficult and different language.
O si yo Osda UWODUHI Wado Hi Tsalagis Tusti tutsiwoni Tsalagi Inena GULIELITSEHA ULIHELIDSI itse Adetiyisgui Second Generation Cherokee Third Generation Cree Family member married into the Shinnecock Nation
+swingbeatnik7 Yes it is. That's why it was so easy for me to learn Mandarin in college. I grew up with Cherokee. There's a theory that tonal languages evolved in warmer climates because the vocal cords are far more flexible in humidity...sadly I'd have to do a long search to give the link to you, but if you want, I can. Just reply :) Sgi dv
I went to a Cherokee reservation last year, and I tell you you meet some of the most colorful people there. I met a blond Cuban with a country accent, an honorary Cherokee (actually a Scotsman from Glasgow), and a Japanese girl who was disturbingly accurate with blow dart guns. Fun times, couldn't try any Cherokee food though.
swingbeatnik7 7and800 years ago chinese were said to have come to us. and fought several wars with native americans. and these china men took many captives back to china, asqell as leavin many of their own people diring peace treaties. I certainly hear this in this gentleman's delvery of their beaut iful language. my mom has cherokee ancestry.
