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=== Whitehorse (Southern Tutchone) ===
All 8 Yukon Native languages do not have exact translations for “hello” or “good bye” instead, people would ask how one another and their families were doing and say only “see you later” or wish each other well, when parting ways.
{| border="1"
|-
| '''Phrase'''<br>
|
'''Written greeting'''
<br>
|
'''Final pronunciation'''
<br>
|-
|
How are you?
<br>
|
Dänch’ea
<br>
|
DON-jah
<br>
|-
|
It is sunny
<br>
|
Shra Kwälį
<br>
|
SHAW-koo-lee
<br>
|-
|
It is cloudy
<br>
|
K’u Kwälį
<br>
|
KOO-koo-lee
<br>
|-
|
Thank you
<br> Thank you
<br> Thank you/Thank you very much
<br>
|
Shäw nἱthä*
<br> or
<br> Gunalchîsh*
<br> or
<br> Màhsi’ / Màhsi’ cho*
<br> (not Southern Tutchone, but commonly used)
<br>
|
Show-knee-thun*
<br> or
<br> Gwen-ish-geesh*
<br> or
<br> Mah-see / Mah-see-cho*
<br>
|-
|
Take care
<br>
|
Shäwthän dek’ànnta
<br>
|
SHOW-thun dah-gun-tah
<br>
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''For ‘Thank You’ <br>Shäw nἱthän = Southern Tutchone<br>Gunalchîsh = Southern Tutchone, Tlingit and Tagish<br>Màhsi = Hän, Gwich’in and Northern Tutchone
''
[[Category:First Nations]] [[Category:Aboriginal peoples]]
All 8 Yukon Native languages do not have exact translations for “hello” or “good bye” instead, people would ask how one another and their families were doing and say only “see you later” or wish each other well, when parting ways.
{| border="1"
|-
| '''Phrase'''<br>
|
'''Written greeting'''
<br>
|
'''Final pronunciation'''
<br>
|-
|
How are you?
<br>
|
Dänch’ea
<br>
|
DON-jah
<br>
|-
|
It is sunny
<br>
|
Shra Kwälį
<br>
|
SHAW-koo-lee
<br>
|-
|
It is cloudy
<br>
|
K’u Kwälį
<br>
|
KOO-koo-lee
<br>
|-
|
Thank you
<br> Thank you
<br> Thank you/Thank you very much
<br>
|
Shäw nἱthä*
<br> or
<br> Gunalchîsh*
<br> or
<br> Màhsi’ / Màhsi’ cho*
<br> (not Southern Tutchone, but commonly used)
<br>
|
Show-knee-thun*
<br> or
<br> Gwen-ish-geesh*
<br> or
<br> Mah-see / Mah-see-cho*
<br>
|-
|
Take care
<br>
|
Shäwthän dek’ànnta
<br>
|
SHOW-thun dah-gun-tah
<br>
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''For ‘Thank You’ <br>Shäw nἱthän = Southern Tutchone<br>Gunalchîsh = Southern Tutchone, Tlingit and Tagish<br>Màhsi = Hän, Gwich’in and Northern Tutchone
''
[[Category:First Nations]] [[Category:Aboriginal peoples]]
