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Hi there, I am interested in learning the language of our people, and also crafts, recipes, etc, etc, … it’s a shame that this section has been idle for so long. Is anyone else interested in these things?
Blessings,
Erica
Hey I’m down. We need to work in these areas more than anything. You find something on Tutelo.. share it please people.
Pilahuk
It looks like we’re missing some posts on this, or maybe they were under another topic.
Over the winter I got interested in learning Lakota, under the theory that if I learned a living language that was relatively similar, I could make better sense of the scanty material that exists on Tutelo.
One thing I learned right off the bat is how to properly pronounce Pilahuk. It’s pi LA hook, the emphasis is on the second syllable.
We tried doing a voice chat on it, but I had computer problems all winter and was never able to get on. I have some materials on this I’d be willing to share if anybody’s interested in taking another stabe at this.
I can also provide a source for a linguistic dissertatin on Tutelo, though I have to say, it’s deep into the linguistieeze and a hard nut for us lay persons to crack. That’s why I thought of the Lakota lessons idea. Do something accessible and user friendly first before trying to do anything with the scanty info that’s out there on Tutelo. There are only 300 recorded words. Not enough to make up a language. Another a fuller source is discovered, I think we do have to graft onto an existing language.
That will have people upset for culture mixing, but I don’t see a practical alternative
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