Canadian National Anthem sung in Cree!

Beautiful. It literally brought a tear to my eye to hear the anthem sung in one of this nation's original languages. Nevermind English and French, Native languages should be recognized officially.

that's awesome! I missed it when it happened so thanks for sharing

one of the suggested videos is also about Akina... and talking about the death of native languages in canada. only 25% are able to speak their lanugage... and you can bet that most of that is in the elder population! in another generation, it will be gone.



Same but different for my heritage. In one generation (between my grandparents and parents) we went from being fluent to not being able to speak neither german nor norwegian. The difference of course being that it's not the death of the language. Just the death of it in my family.


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I was hoping to dress something like Prince. toned down a bit like Prince if he was just going to the zoo or the supermarket... casual Prince!

emm said:

I missed this because I don't watch sports (or much television).

But dang that 13 yo could sing!

How do u pronounce Canada in Cree? Sounded like:

Ohhh Kaaanatat!

Awesome

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She has a wonderful voice.

Cinnie said:

I missed this because I don't watch sports (or much television).

But dang that 13 yo could sing!

How do u pronounce Canada in Cree? Sounded like:

Ohhh Kaaanatat!

shellyevon said:

She has a wonderful voice.

Very cool.

Can't listen to it right now 'cuz my office PC has no speakers.

But definitely cool.

Is "Canada" derived from a Cree word?

PurpleJedi said:

Can't listen to it right now 'cuz my office PC has no speakers.

But definitely cool.

Is "Canada" derived from a Cree word?

meow85 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Can't listen to it right now 'cuz my office PC has no speakers.

But definitely cool.

Is "Canada" derived from a Cree word?

Not Cree, but it does come from a Native word. Iroquois or Huron, I believe. It means "the village".

PurpleJedi said:

meow85 said:

Not Cree, but it does come from a Native word. Iroquois or Huron, I believe. It means "the village".

meow85 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Not too shabby a thing to name a nation for, if you ask me.

meow85 said:

Cinnie said:

I missed this because I don't watch sports (or much television).

But dang that 13 yo could sing!

How do u pronounce Canada in Cree? Sounded like:

Ohhh Kaaanatat!

"Ka Kanatahk" is "Oh, Canada" spoken in Cree.

PurpleJedi said:

meow85 said:

Not too shabby a thing to name a nation for, if you ask me.

Yeah that's cool.

In contrast, my parents' homeland of Honduras literally means "depths" in Spanish.
Why? Becasue of the deep waters off the northern coast & when Columbus landed in Honduras on his 2nd (3rd?) trip to the Americas, he was grateful to have landed on terra firma and allegedly stated; "Thank God that we are out of these Depths."