Cub Scouts may have extreme difficulty in pronouncing many native Words, particularly those in the Comanche and Apache languages. Good luck with pronouncing these native greetings:
Cheyenne..............................pave-esheeva (good day); ne-toneto-mohta-he? (how are you?)
Comanche..............................marúawe (hello to one person); marúawebukwu (hello to 2 people); marúaweka (hello to a group).
Apache (White Mountain dialect).......dǫw'dęh (how are you?)
Lakota Sioux..........................tanyanyahi yelo (I am glad you came)
The first Cheyenne expression is said pah-vay-eh-shay-eh-v. with the final a whispered. The Lakota expression includes two nasalised "a" vowels indicated by the superscript n.
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