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All members of the Blackfoot tribe must also speak English, as they live in the United States. But the Blackfoot tribe also has its own language: the Blackfoot language. Probably your question is: How do you say hello in the Blackfoot language? Hello in Blackfoot is: Oki.

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Each tribe spoke its own language and had its own very different expressions of greeting.

Among the Crows of Montana the usual greeting was kaheé(ka-hay, meaning welcome) - or kaheésho-dachi. But a mark of particular honour was being greeted with di awa'kam mi: ite'ky (I see you, I am feeling better).

A Blackfoot might welcome you with oki (hello) or oki, aahsaapinakos (hello, good morning).

A Cheyenne might say pave-voona'o (good morning) or pave-esheeva (good day).

The usual greeting in Powhatan was chamah or netab.

In Ojibwe and related languages, the word for hello is aaniin or boozhoo.

In Natick, the language of the Wampanoag and their neighbours, the term was koonepeam (you are welcome).

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12y ago
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There are more than 700 different native american languages. You need to clarify which one you're talking about. So, I've comprised a list for you of many different Native American languages (not all) on how to say hello.

Achumawi Homawi: Tusi uwi

Barbareno/Ineseno: Haku

Blackfoot: Oki

Cahuilla: Miyaxwa (Wanipiyapa), Miyaxwen (Qawichpameyawitcem)

Cherokee: Osiyo

Chickasaw/Choctaw: Hallito

Esselen: Saleki Atsa

Fernandeno: Miiyu, or, Nachochan

Hupa: He:yung

Karok: Ayekwi

Kashaya Pomo: Camay

Koasati: Chikaano

Kumeyaay: Háawka

Juaneno: Miiya

Lakota: Hau

Luiseno: Miiyu (or Miiyuyam for a group of people)

Havasupai: Jo Gamyu

Hopi: Lolma

Mountain Maidu: Heh-eh

Mohave: Kamaduu

Mono: Manahu

Muskogee: Hensci

Myaamy: Aya

Natchez: Aquenan

Navajo: Yá'át'ééh

Ohlone, Chochenyo: horše tuuxi

Ohlone, Mutsun: Pasip-inyi

Ojibwe: Aanii

Osage: Hawai

Paipai: Awka

Pawnee: Nawa

Plains Cree: tānisi

Pomo, Northern: Kidi mac'i

the Powhatan say: wingopo

Quechuan: Kumathum

Seneca: Se'kon

Serrano: Ava'aha

Southern Paiute: Maik'w

Unami: He

Wailaki: Sukim

Western Apache: Dagot'ee

Wichita: Aah

Wiyot: He'ba'lo'

Yokut, Chawchila: Hileu

Yokut, Choynok: Hiyuk

Yokut, Chuchanski: Hille

Yokut, Dumna: Hawaan

Yokut, toltichi: Xawaxaan

Yuki: 'On tat

Yurok: 'Ayekwi'

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10y ago
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This question depends on what tribe, and which language you are using. This also depends on the relationship between you and the person saying it. What would work for one situation would not for another. For instance the Cherokee have 23 different dialects and at least 10 ways to say "Bye" in only one of those; so 230 total ways to say it (and that is just one tribe). Other tribes have one word for hello and good bye, Hawaiians for example. Modern(ly) we just say "Bye" or "See ya" etc.

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15y ago
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Oh See Yoh. Is hello, and you can follow that phrase by saying Oh See Yoh(Hello) (Name) Dah Wah Doh

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12y ago
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It depends on which tribe you are talking to.

Most Anishinabeweg say "Boozoo" as hello, and "Aniin" as hi.

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16y ago
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There are many different Native American languages.

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7y ago
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Virtually all Blackfoot members speak English.

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13y ago
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hello

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12y ago
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oha

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4y ago
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