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Spammers Create Change - How to Create a Username

The forum was hit hard with spammers and bots that would create hundreds of fake users per day. So, things were changed. If you would like to use the form, please email the administrator at xigaa@troubledraven.com and I can set you up with a username and password. Sorry for the trouble ...

Welcome to the Forum!

Gunalchéesh haadé i tl'eikx' woo.áat.

This is the place to start for new users. Look here for directions on setting up a user name, typing in Tlingit, and other answers to the questions that will inevitably arise.

Lingít Words

Post words you have learned that are not found in existing materials, or post words you would like to learn to say in Tlingit. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Lingít Verbs

This will be a place to post verbs or questions about verbs. These are the heart of the language, and the activities of the verbs make the language beautiful, fun, complex, and challenging. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Lingít Phrases

Post Tlingit phrases, or phrases you would like to be able to say. Please include more commonly known language items that may not be commonly listed in existing materials. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Lingít Lessons

This page contains posts about existing, developing, or needed lessons in teaching the Tlingit language. Links may be posted to other sites, and any materials listed on here should be freely available and widely distributed. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Lingít Grammar

Post your discussions about Tlingit grammar. Please be prepared to be corrected (as I have and continue to be) and be grateful for these corrections teach us the intricacies of our beautiful and complex language. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Lingít Resources

Post links to resources on the Tlingit language and have discussions on those resources. If we work collectively and without a capitalistic possessiveness, then we are opening the doors to our linguistic survival. By working together, we secure knowledge for our grandchildren. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Stories and Legends

Here is a place for stories and legends, which are wonderful language and culture teaching tools. Remember to credit where you learned the story, and that every teller may have different versions. Gunalchéesh Koolyei[u]k[/u] for suggesting this category.

Lingít Clans

Post discussions about clans, histories, at.óowx'u, etc. Please keep in mind that stories, names, land, houses, crests, and more are sacred property of clans (at.óow) and are not to be used publicly without permission from appropriate speakers and caretakers of the respective clan. Sensitive items may be removed at the wish of clan members, and the purpose of this page is to record information that people wish to save and teach to others. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Lingít Names

Names in Tlingit are often difficult to translate, and many are sensitive to specific clans and stories. Please be respectful of all and keep in mind that most names are sacred property of a clan and not to be used publicly without proper permissions from those clans. Items may be removed at the request of clan members. This site will use the coastal writing system, with the exception of using both underlined and -h spellings to indicate gutturals. Please contact me if you have any ideas, thoughts, or critiques. Yéi áwé gunalchéesh.

Ling-uistics

Post linguistic questions and comments about the Lingít language. If you post here, please be prepared to provide definitions or explanations in common language. This is a chance to bridge the PhD level work to the students and teachers of Tlingit.

Ling-ish

Posts on words and phrases that originate in English or other languages, and have been adopted to the Lingít way of pronouncing and speaking.

Lingít Society

Post words of encouragement, or thoughts on the state of modern or classic Lingít society and how it affects language acquisition and retention. There are definitely social issues surrounding our language, and we would do our people a healthy service to begin discussing them respectfully.

General Q&A

All the other things go here. Questions on the forum, on things that may not fit into the other categories. This is the warehouse for "other."