misiwîskamik kânatahk ithiniw-pîkiskwîwin kîsikâw
ᒥᓯᐑᐢᑲᒥᐠ ᑳᓇᑕᕽ ᐃᖨᓂᐤ ᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᐣ ᑮᓯᑳᐤ
National Indigenous Languages Day
ᒥᓯᐑᐢᑲᒥᐠ ᑳᓇᑕᕽ ᐃᖨᓂᐤ ᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᐣ ᑮᓯᑳᐤ
National Indigenous Languages Day
hnipîkiskwîwin niwîcihikon kitanisitawîthimisoyân; kitanisitawîthimakwâw niwâhkômâkanak; kitamanâcihtâyan kahkithaw kîkway ikwa kitamanâcihakwâw kahkithaw athisitiniwak.
ᓂᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᐣ ᓂᐑᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑭᑕᓂᓯᑕᐑᖨᒥᓱᔮᐣ; ᑭᑕᓂᓯᑕᐑᖨᒪᒁᐤ ᓂᐚᐦᑰᒫᑲᓇᐠ; ᑭᑕᒪᓈᒋᐦᑖᔭᐣ ᑲᐦᑭᖬᐤ ᑮᑿᐩ ᐃᑿ ᑭᑕᒪᓈᒋᐦᐊᒁᐤ ᑲᐦᑭᖬᐤ ᐊᖨᓯᑎᓂᐘᐠ.
My language helps me to know myself; to know my kin; to respect all things and to respect all people.
With thanks to Solomon Ratt, who celebrates Indigenous Language Day every day of the year, and invites us all to do the same.
