I am Nez Perce, or Nimíipuu (pronounced: Knee-Me-Pooh). My tribe speaks the Nimíipuutímt (pronounced: Knee-Me-Pooh-Timpt) language. In this episode, we will learn a meal time prayer and then discuss the words in the prayer.

The prayer in English is as follows:

"Thank you our Creator for this food you made for our bodies and for giving us life. This we want mercy, we ask in your Son's name. Thank you.

In Nimíipuutímt, it is as follows, with a phonetic spelling accompaniment:

"Qe'ci'yew'yew núunim hanyaw'áat,(Ka-stsee-yow-yow / new-nim / haahn-yah-wat)

kíi hipt 'ee néecnisem(key / hipt / ah / nahts-knee-some)

ciláakt'ayn sapóoq'is wíit'es.(tsee-lockt-eyein' / sapokis / wee-tis)

Kíi ku'ús yiyéewn 'inéhmuucix(Key / kah-oos / ye-youn / e-nah-moo-sty-hee[sound of the soft 'x']

'ímim miya'ácpa wen'íkitpe. Qe'ci'yew'yew."(e-mem / me-ah-oughts-paw / wen-neh-kipt-bay / Ka-stsee-yow-yow)

This link here is to the complete prayer in one go, but because this was my first time actually saying an entire conversational phrase at once, it might vary a little in what is being said. If that is the case, refer to the pronunciation in the first sets of links, for those had more accuracy in them.

As noted, this is only part 1 of this episode. In the next part, I will identify the words being used and their meaning. It should be released either tomorrow or within a few days. Qe'ci'yew'yew.