WIKITONGUES: Jerry speaking English and Cherokee

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[@riverezell2254]

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]

If you would like to share any memories you have of Jerry Wolfe, we would be honored to hear them: [e-mail].

[@ANTSEMUT1]

R.I.P Mr. Wolfe of the Cherokee Nation.

[@dev_ilmoon]

i would love too, my grandmothers Cherokee, she taught me nothing lol.

[@theindigenousmaniac]

@@Wikitongues my grandma William Lossie speaks Cherokee he is fluent and has a lot of stories to share.

[@roniseawright7300]

Jerry 🐺 a beloved man

[@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel2490]

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.

[@vanessaverner8480]

It has been 5 years has the situation changed?

[@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel2490]

@@vanessaverner8480 God knows

[@vanessaverner8480]

I hope they have an immersion program

[@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel2490]

@@vanessaverner8480 Wishfull thinking

[@Guitcad1]

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.

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

Defensor Rationis yes it certainly is

[@paulocanecarlthedamnjohnson]

Yes

[@heyokaempath5802]

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.

[@davidschultz1562]

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.

[@allanrichardson1468]

Don’t give up hope. Hebrew came back, so can Cherokee!

[@spongeboblover7052]

Cherokee doesn't have a major religion tgat speaks it, it's not comparable at all

[@End-Result]

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.

[@WhompingWalrus]

@@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.

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

@@End-Result the news were oppressed for 2000 years. The Cherokee only 400

[@pptenshi3900]

@@End-Result you can’t deny a shit ton of people speak it tho

[@paulocanecarlthedamnjohnson]

#addcherokeetogoogletranslate

[@dimitarmitov147]

I wish he live for many more years

[@davo121]

Salute to this American hero

[@RichardWolfe79]

🙏

[@mrspogadaeus]

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!

[@dannybond2193]

The background noise sounds like Cherokee flute music and adds to effect for me but better quality of his speaking would be good :)

[@carlameyer4203]

Jerry is a beautiful person.

[@zoobihan]

I'm from England, but the Cherokee language has always sounded so unusual to me. It sounds complicated, but very meaningful. I love the sound of it

[@apofis231]

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

[@geographyfloor]

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:

[@user-td4do3op2d]

I am also from England and have been to the Cherokee region and spoken to these people. I highly recommend it.

[@juicyjay831]

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.

[@aaronengland8289]

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.

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

I’m Black American but he sounds exactly like my grandpa 🥺

[@servantofaeie1569]

It sounds like a type of Western Southern accent

[@annekenauta3383]

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.

[@SpittingGun]

OK, who disliked this?!?

[@chrislehman262]

Andrew Jackson.

[@cicero1178]

Tammi StormRod nope

[@NCXitlali]

The supposed 12 tribes of Israel apparently lmaooooo

[@DieFlabbergast]

Probably Shawnee.

[@jalapenopepper3282]

Europeans

[@vanessaverner8480]

I had the pleasure of meeting this Mr. Wolfe many years ago. He was a treasure.

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

I miss him so much!! He was always so kind to everyone

[@RichardWolfe79]

🙏

[@kamranriaz4661]

I agree

[@boogiej2313]

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.

[@LaukSmith]

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

[@shinrarango]

Olan Fletcher its an italian word (pied = foot, mont = mountain)

[@heyokaempath5802]

I have Creek on my father's side and Cherokee and Pamunkey on my mother's side.

[@heyokaempath5802]

@@LaukSmith that is a borrowed word, Piedmont. French for "mountain foot.) In France, a walkway is a "pied de Terre," or "foot of earth."

[@007nate]

Thats not ur Heritage wtf

[@allincamo]

Bless you,my FIRST PEOLE. all nations of Native Indians.

[@uprooted1029]

NICAN TLACA of CEMANAHUAC not " Indians " ...

[@gayvideos3808]

@@uprooted1029 oh stop. I'm cherokee and we have nothing to do with nahua

[@uprooted1029]

@@gayvideos3808 One Nation , One Civilization
Remember , cousin Anahuaco Cherokee
Confédération of Anahuac peoples .

[@stephieann]

It’s not indians because native people aren’t from India. It’s indigenous or Native American.

[@chuckfriebe843]

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.

[@RebeccaChekeleleeBrambila]

RIP Beloved Man...

[@compellingbutforgettable903]

These are my grandmother's people. I love learning about them and hearing the language of my ancestors.

[@paulclifton5532]

Great man he is missed by everyone who knew him he was going to help me find out more about My Cherokee Ancestry. RIP MY FREIND

[@createdbymoonbeam]

I could listen to him for hours!

[@GavrielAbrahams]

He reminds me so much of my grandpa

[@caydenseely8859]

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!

[@chuckfriebe843]

One of my grandmothers on my mother's side was cherokee and her name was Polly Fivekiller. Now that's a badass name.

[@aprilr1064]

Is that why my great grandmother always said, "Watch your tone". She told me that her grandmother was 100% cherokee.

[@denisemitchell3010]

Mine also

[@stacimeadows6069]

#cherokee. Keeping our language alive. I learned to speak and write some😁 my papa wanted me too. Miss him and Oklahoma!!!

[@wotsup9oo]

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.

[@maaduchvdaziachi9872]

The most complex tonal languages are actually in the Americas and Africa

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@maaduchvdaziachi9872 Untrue: the most complex are Vietnamese, Cantonese, Thai, and other languages in that area.

[@maaduchvdaziachi9872]

@@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.

[@maaduchvdaziachi9872]

@Ander, interesting you mention Cantonese, Cherokee has roughly the same amount of tones (6-7).

[@tomservo8065]

Such a lovely language. Hopefully it will undergo a revival. It's good that there's an immersion school now; at least that's a start!

[@Brillemeister]

Beautiful language and an amazing storyteller! Thanks for sharing. God bless

[@user-kd1eb6vc7y]

I really want to learn Cherokee, it is an incredibly beautiful and intricate language. thank you for this!

[@leannsmarie]

There are free online classes with the Cherokee Nation's website.
www.cherokee.org

[@user-kd1eb6vc7y]

@@leannsmarie oh thanks bro! I will check them out for sure! I may just as well add Cherokee to my language repertoire!

[@palitsalagivickers4588]

"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.

[@LoveThyNeighbor316]

Jerry is my cousin. :)

[@farmall1farmall132]

Is your cousin still around?

[@LoveThyNeighbor316]

No, I’m sorry. He passed away.

[@AirelonTrading]

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 ... :^)

[@AlvinGuoSubscribe]

Wow what does that say?

[@End-Result]

What a fascinating and infinitely amiable soul

[@ay7115]

I wish the Native American nations would have the means to teach the younger generation to maintain their language.

[@coralovesnature]

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 CZcams for reference. They have tons of videos in the language.

[@JohnPierreQ]

I am proud of you. Keep going!

[@tradssalesone6334]

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.

[@BBtheBiTcH]

such a badass

[@patriciawatts3169]

Thank You For Your Service Sir!

[@heyokaempath5802]

I LOVE this man

[@wherethebirdsgo]

crazy how different his dialect and accent are!

[@duaneholcomb8408]

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,,,

[@LoneWolfSonata]

I wish they’d teach this in schools or college I would so learn it.

[@deerobinson557]

They do teach it at Rogers State University in Oklahoma, and it's on the internet so anyone anywhere in the world could learn if they wanted too.

[@deerobinson557]

czcams.com/video/C8oqnpbpqjY/video.html

[@RealTalkInAmerica]

Tsi Gawonihisdi! (My Language!)

[@godwannabe8976]

Do you speak it? Just curious.

[@Shifang]

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.

[@victorvaiopoulos2873]

You're thinking of the Navajo language in ww2

[@zoescarborough6958]

It's very different, but in a very beautiful way.

[@collectionoftheinternets6873]

Thank you wado gracias

[@jg3797]

rarely seen, a true American,

[@brownmullins]

Elder Wolf is true, Cherokee is difficult and must be learned with a pure, whole heart.

[@runingblackbear]

thank you jerry wolf for doing your part for fighting for our freedom my father went to korea

[@davidlloyd2225]

2:38 thank u sir...its similar to welsh❤️💯🇬🇧 3:11

[@swingbeatnik7]

You can learn any language :)

[@zacharytrudell2411]

Where can I learn this language? I don't want this to die. It feels like a disservice to all of these people to not learn at least some of it.

[@gayvideos3808]

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

[@ianshotts5294]

You know that native pride ;)

[@josh_sqlla]

I feel like this seriously needs to be addressed after reading some of these comments. One thing that really pisses me off is when Cherokee talk about how instead of how they’re Cherokee, one of their ancestors was Cherokee, as if they don’t see themselves as truly indigenous. That mentality plays into the idea that in order to be a “real Cherokee” you have to be “100% native”, but that idea comes from whiteness and neocolonialism and the blood quantum bullshit pushed by the U.S. government and “Tribal governments”. Saying your half Cherokee or quarter Cherokee or whatever is not at all how real Cherokee culture works, and shows just how whitewashed and disconnected modern Cherokee are from their past. Whenever I have kids I want them to say “I’m Cherokee” not just “One of our ancestors was Cherokee”.

[@amanwithaplaninavan]

Lol

[@nelkidj]

Wado Jerry jigaesan! donadagohvi! 🙏❤️

[@gracemason5410]

Thank you so 😊!

[@TheOnlyRealTanYaisa]

you look nearly identical to my grandfather

[@deerobinson557]

There are still well over a thousand speakers in Oklahoma in the Western Cherokee Nation.

[@taylorbee4010]

Always been told I'm part Cherokee and looking at this guy's facial features he kind of reminds me of my grandpa.

[@davidlloyd2225]

3:27 I have the tone❤️💯🇬🇧 3:45

[@missmaya906]

osda Su na le i
Ga li e liga
Wado
Prayers sage up tobacco down
Could not hear it learned some from my Nana
Lullabell Thunder Cherokee

[@40studds]

Kereecko is my great grandpa so what's the translation of it.

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

your royal highness

[@maryelizabeth2788]

💓

[@shadowwolf9329]

My great grandmother is full Cherokee my grandmother was half Cherokee I have been trying to figure out how much Cherokee blood is in me

[@_mothmaam_]

Who is he? I think I've seen him in person but I'm not sure.

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

:i missed that ni.e4 would be effective after nRd4....:: against...Bf5+ and game....

[@MelonPlaysBass]

Sounds similar to mandarin

[@freyjasvansdottir9904]

Scott Melonball no, it really doesn't.

[@MelonPlaysBass]

Freyja Svansdóttir in the way that the tone shapes the meaning, sure.

[@shj83849]

Cherokee sounds like Korean

[@howiseeit5129]

Can hear an Oriental sound to it

[@blackbearbear9313]

CHEROKEE PEOPLE MUST LEARN THERE WAYS

[@Aurelian369_]

Damn this man was at D-Day??
Also I wish Native American languages were being preserved more, god bless you sir 😊

[@tranhau3818]

How to learn this language? Or teach oneself this language.

[@MBison-im2qy]

We need a good hard language learning series to get more interested.

[@dukedoge802]

He sounds like he's from central Alabama

[@denisemitchell3010]

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

[@droptherapy2085]

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.

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

god bless america

[@swingbeatnik7]

Tone is the same as in Mandarin

[@blackcitroenlove]

+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

[@JuanDVene]

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.

[@Slashplite]

blackcitroenlove but Native Americans came from Siberia. There are people still living there with similar haplogroup

[@kwanculturel8724]

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.

[@cicero1178]

Kwan Culturel The Chinese did not come to America.

[@samhaine6804]

big love to every minority language. nynsyw marow! ('not dead!' in cornish)

[@baileyryan488]

He’s 88 wow that is old

[@brvaldez7721]

Was... :(

[@LouseGrouse]

Is there a full version? It cuts off at the end. Rest easy, Jerry.

[@karenhardin4566]

🕸Blessings on Jerry, truly is Beloved! Wa'do ☯💜☮

[@user-fl1dc9ju3g]

This is why "white guilt" is never an hoax.

[@kristerophaphleck3883]

I Wanna learn

[@jacobspoloshion5441]

hello .☺ I'm Cherokee

[@piroskaracz3621]

Jerry looks so much like Floyd Red Crow Westerman

[@FeeelingAlive]

Is there such a thing as Wiki-love? I mean there's Wikipedia, Wikitongues, Wikileaks...what else is there?

[@happydad858]

Why is the ending cut off?

[@estherpeterson7164]

Cherokee are awesome, I'm proud to have Cherokee blood although not full blooded still have enough 😉😉😉

[@loneyplanet]

Seems like he speaks English far much better than Cherokee.

[@hectorquinones5579]

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.

[@joyfulmations]

Hello! I am Jerry and I speaking Cherokee. •_•

[@mariokraus6965]

Hi, could someone please confirm that the language spoken from 0:27 to 0:36 in this GI-Joe's video (czcams.com/video/LhJIkWmL7ec/video.html) is Cherokee, please? If so, what would it mean? Many thanks in advance!

[@slk1451]

Wado Jerry, Donodagohvi.

[@runingblackbear]

my family ( Cherokee paint clan ) did speek it and sang it and they did tell me everything I need to know who I am and what to do in Cherokee ways and I smoke my tobacco of peace and stay in the white way as it was told to all other peoples along time ago all over mother earth

[@elshablack1579]

Lol the white way

[@runingblackbear]

Elsha Black lol you don't have a clue

[@elshablack1579]

Lol boy I'm half Dené and half Plains Cree so shush

[@runingblackbear]

+Elsha Black and half a net wet

[@elshablack1579]

+runingblackbear you make no sense what so ever but all and all I'm full Native American.

[@jaulloa21]

The best thing to do is to separate the kids in these schools. So That the only language spoken is Cherokee. The parents should be incouraged to speak it at home. Teach them young.

[@D2E80]

he looks like an elder japanese