While I am a bit late to the game, I've decided to take /u/ladyeesti up on their challenge to learn my language and post it each week. Because I lack the means to post a video, I will be using an audio recording site to post my language and submitting them through text posts, where I will also show how to write the word, pronounce it, and describe it phonetically. I believe this is an important thing to do and I encourage all who have the means to do so as well. This way, we can learn our languages and help keep our cultures alive.

As some of you might know, I am Nez Perce, or Nimíipuu (pronounced: Knee-Me-Pooh). My tribe speaks the Nimíipuutímt (pronounced: Knee-Me-Pooh-Timpt) language. For this first challenge, we will start with the basics, of course. The first thing we will learn is a greeting:

Ta'c méeywi - Good morning.

Ta'c = Good

Méeywi = Morning

In Nimíipuutímt, the letter 'c' makes a 'ts' sound. An example of this would be the word 'hits'. The sound of 'ts' at the end is the pronunciation for the letter 'c'.

So to phonetically sound it out, you would say: Tahh-ts-may-way or Tots-may-way. (Audio: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0TyvccDZ9GH)

And that is the first episode. Thank you to all who took the time to read and listen.