Basic Words in the Native Languages

"Hello", "Hi"

Abenaki (Montreal) Kwai

Abenaki (Montreal) Kwai kwai

Atikamekw (Montreal and Quebec) Kwei

Blackfoot (Alberta) Oki

Blackfoot (Alberta) [to a friend] Oki niksokowa

Cayuga (Ontario) Sga-noh

Cree (Canada) Tánisi

Cree (Canada) Tân'si

Cree (Canada) Wâciye

Cree (Ouje-Bougoumou Quebec) Kwaay

Dakelh Hadih

Dakota (by male) Hau

Dakota (by female) Han

Dakota (to a friend by male) Hau koda

Gwich'in Nenànkäk nätäydëk häjit shò trì'nlay

Haisla Yowtz

Innu Kwe kwe

Innu Waachiyaa

Inuktitut Asujutidli

Inuktitut Asujutilli

Inuktitut (Nunavik South Baffin) Ainngai

Inuktitut (Nunavik South Baffin) Ai

Inuktitut Ûmâ

Kanienkehaka (Ont. & Quebec) Kwe

Kanienkehaka (Ont. & Quebec) Kwe kwe

Kanienkehaka (Ont. & Quebec) She:kon

Kanienkehaka (Ont. & Quebec) Se:koh

Kanienkehaka (Ont. & Quebec) Wa'tkwanowera:ton

Kwakiutl (British Columbia) Gila kasla

Kwakiutl (British Columbia) Gilakas'la

Kwakiutl (British Columbia) Yoyo

Mikmaq Kwé

Mingo Skênö

Mingo Hae'

Mingo Hau'

Mingo (informal) Kuwe

Ojibwe Aaniin

Ojibwe Aanii

Ojibwe Boozhoo

Oneida (Ontario) Sekoli

Oneida (Ontario) Sheko:li

Passamaquoddy (New Brunswick) Tan kahk

Tlingit (morning) Juk'e-ri-tsu-tat

Tlingit Wa-é ák-wé

Tsekhene (British Columbia) Danach'e 'a

Tsekhene (British Columbia) (reply) Sasch'e

Tuscarora (Ontario) J'wan

Tutchone Dánän ts'ín huyàjáél