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Let’s Keep On Speaking Cree: Solomon Ratt (y-dialect)

Text by Solomon Ratt, photo by Ilona Pelletier. Scroll down for link to download this image as a pdf.

ahkami-nêhiyawêtân
kipîkiskwêwininâhk astêw kinisitohtamowininaw

ahkami-nêhiyawêtân
kipîkiskwêwininâhk astêw kinisitawêyimitowininaw

ahkami-nêhiyawêtân
kipîkiskwêwininâhk astêw kipimâtisiwininaw

ahkami-nêhiyawêtân
kipîkiskwêwininâhk astêw kinêhiyâwiwininaw.

ᐊᐦᑲᒥ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᑖᐣ

ᐊᐦᑲᒥ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᑖᐣ
ᑭᐲᑭᐢᑵᐏᓂᓈᕽ ᐊᐢᑌᐤ ᑭᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᒧᐏᓂᓇᐤ

ᐊᐦᑲᒥ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᑖᐣ
ᑭᐲᑭᐢᑵᐏᓂᓈᕽ ᐊᐢᑌᐤ ᑭᓂᓯᑕᐍᔨᒥᑐᐏᓂᓇᐤ

ᐊᐦᑲᒥ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᑖᐣ
ᑭᐲᑭᐢᐍᐏᓂᓈᕽ ᐊᐢᑌᐤ ᑭᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᓂᓇᐤ

ᐊᐦᑲᒥ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᑖᐣ
ᑭᐲᑭᐢᑵᐏᓂᓈᕽ ᐊᐢᑌw ᑭᓀᐦᐃᔮᐏᐏᓂᓇᐤ

Let’s keep on speaking Cree

Let’s keep on speaking Cree:
In our language is our understanding.

Let’s keep on speaking Cree;
In our language is our recognition of who we are.

Let’s keep on speaking Cree;
In our language is our life.

Let’s keep on speaking Cree;
In our language is our Cree essence.