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| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4362 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 41 of 45 23 August 2012 at 12:30pm | IP Logged |
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I'm not sure if this is common knowledge on this forum, but Jehova's Witnesses have a
respectable amount of materials for many Native American languages freely available on their website. I can't vouch for the quality of the translations or the voice actors, so it may be a good idea to run everything by a native speaker before using it. Here's the url. It's no surprise that languages like Aymara, Guarani and Quechua with speakers in the millions have the most materials, especially audio recordings, but be sure to check under 'Books and brochures', as there's often something there even for somewhat smaller languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| księżycowy Newbie United States Joined 4286 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Irish, Ancient Greek, French | Message 42 of 45 23 August 2012 at 1:36pm | IP Logged |
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Now that you mention it, I do remember the JW site. The main thing that has kept me from that site is the fact that it's just translations of their beliefs and such, it's not traditional stories from the tribes themselves. That's what I like reading when it comes to N.A. languages. Plus I have similar concerns about the translations and audio.
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| sjheiss Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5487 days ago 100 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English*, Basque | Message 43 of 45 10 September 2012 at 7:54am | IP Logged |
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I have a huge interest in Tlingit. It is my favorite Native American language. I also like Tohono 'O'odham a lot. I am just beginning to start learning Tlingit, after accruing a wealth of resources on it. I may learn 'O'osham too, which is one of the simplest Native American languages I've come across grammar-wise. The only difficult thing is the irregular plurals for nouns and verbs.
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| księżycowy Newbie United States Joined 4286 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Irish, Ancient Greek, French | Message 44 of 45 10 September 2012 at 12:34pm | IP Logged |
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Doing both, huh? Cool.
Out of curiosity, what do you have for Tlingit? I know you said you have Beginning Tlingit on the other forum. Do you have any of the readers and/or the dictionary? I have all of that (though I'd like to get a print copy of the dictionary from Sealaska). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sjheiss Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5487 days ago 100 posts - 174 votes Speaks: English*, Basque | Message 45 of 45 10 September 2012 at 7:44pm | IP Logged |
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I have pretty much everything useful and usable from the University of Alaska website, plus a few other things, like a pretty good grammar, and a book on math in Tlingit.
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