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‘unitsilvsgi’ is flowers in Tsalagi. ‘u’ is the English oo in pool. ‘ni’ is the English n and short i in nickel. ‘ts’ is the English j in jam. ‘i’ is the short English i in pit. ‘l’ is the same in English. ‘v’ is a nasalized short English u like in uh-huh. ‘s’ is the same in English. ‘gi’ is the English k and short i in kin. ‘unitsilvsgi’ is pronounced oo – n – short i – j – short i – l – nasalized u – s – k – short i.
‘galvloi’ means sky. ‘ga’ is the English g and short a like gap. ‘lv’ is the English l and slang uh, or nasalized u, like lung. ‘lo’ is the English l and the long o like in low. ‘i’ is the short English i in pit. galvloi is pronounce g – short a – l – uh – l – long o – short i.
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‘sidanelv’ is family in Tsalagi. ‘si’ is the English s and short i like sit. ‘da’ is the English d and short a like dad. ‘ne’ is the English n and long a like navy. ‘l’ is the same as the English l and ‘v’ is the English uh in uh-uh. ‘sidanelv’ is pronounced s – short i – d – short a – n – long a – l – uh.
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ganolvvsgv is wind in Tsalagi. ‘ga’ is the English g and short a sound like game. ‘no’ is the same in English no. ‘lv’ is the English l and slang uh similar to lullaby. ‘vs’ are two separate syllables, but when placed together makes the English slang uh and s sound. I think of the word us with a more emphasis and nasalized u. ‘gv’ is the English g and slang uh similar the gu in gum. ‘ganolvvsgv’ is pronounced g – short a – n – long o – l – uh – uh – s – g – uh

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