The Offical Website of The Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma

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The Offical Website of The Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma

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	Pronunciation Key
Consonants					Vowels
Tonkawa c h k l m n p s t w x y '			English church, chair Standard English Standard English Standard English Standard English Standard English Standard English Fluctuates between ship, and sip Standard English Standard English Like the German Bach, ich Standard English Glottal Stop		Tonkawa a a: e e: i i: o o: u u:		English above, about saw, call bed, met hey, they it, hid field, wield on-ward, on-going own, bone put, push yule, rule
Tonkawa					English
yaxan a:x hemaxan 'awas - n'a - n 'aso - ka 'ale - na a:x - pix 'ok - me - lo - xa ya - tal - pan pilaw - tic tol - 'axan tol - 'axanya - tos xa - ya - kew pan a - was mam - 'an mam - 'an - ci - kew na - hen - mas - luc ke - kew Ya - tal - pan ke - kew! Pilaw - tic ke - kew!					food water chicken sausage / hamburger (ground meat) sugar flour pop, cool-aid, cider (sweet water) bacon, salt pork (pig fat) fry bread biscuits / cookies corn popcorn butter white bread meat salt pepper potatoes give to me / hand to me / pass to me ( fry bread ) ( pass me ) ( cookies ) ( pass me )

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