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Blackfoot pronunciation guide
Note that animal names will sometimes, but not always, be spoken with the Blackfoot animate suffix -wa or -ma on them.
So the word for "buffalo" is sometimes said "iinii," other times said "iiniiwa." Both are correct.
 omitaa |
 ponokáómitaa |
 iiníí |
 ponoká |
 ómahkapi'si |
 kiááyo |
 natáyo |
 máóhkataatoyi |
 áwatoyi |
 kai'skááhpa |
 ááattsistaa |
 kaanaisskiinaa |
 pi'ksíí |
 ksikkihkíni |
 áápsspini |
 sipistoo |
 pitsííksiinaa |
 mamíí |
 sspopíi |
 naamóó |
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