Learn the Lingít phrase of the week. This week the phrase is {Sigóowu Kíswas}. This can be interpreted as "Happy Christmas" or "Merry Christmas". How do you say it in Lingít (Tlingit)? Watch the video and say it with me.
Lingít (also often spelled Tlingit) is a language indigenous to Southeast Alaska, Northwestern British Columbia, and Southwestern Yukon. It is one branch of the massive Na-Dene language family, the other being Eyak-Athabascan.
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Recommended Tlingit Study Books:
Lingít G̲unéi Sh Tóo Dultóow Xʼúxʼ: Workbook for Beginning to Study - amzn.to/3EvGiqW
LingítBeginning Tlingit Workbook - amzn.to/3GxroxW
Say It in Tlingit: A Tlingit Phrase Book - amzn.to/3pMA0Ke
Tlingit Dictionary - amzn.to/3EN4fan
Gunalchéesh.
Yéil Yádi, David Sheakley-Early