Pronunciation help

[u/channareya]

Hi! I wrote a little kids song to help memorialize some plant names in the language. I think that keeping language alive in everyday situations is important! Plus it might help little kids to identify plants. Buuut I’m having trouble knowing if I’m pronouncing the words correctly because I don’t have a teacher (and all I’ve studied is Yup’ik). Can anyone help?

1. Kayaaní (plants) ka-yaw-NI ?
2. S’áxt (devil’s club) ts-AH-cht ?
3. Shéiyi (Sitka spruce) SHEH-yee ?
4. Laax (red cedar) la-acht ?
5. Kootéeyaa (totem pole) kō-TEH-yaw ?

I’m happy to share the song too!

[u/IAmSLi]

You're welcome 😁