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adanvdo is spirit in Tsalagi. a is the English short a sound in at. da is the English d and short a sounds in dad. nv is the English n and naslaized uh sounds in nuh – uh. do is the English d and long o sound in doe.‘unalii’ is friend in Tsalagi. ‘u’ makes the short English u sound in pull, but can also make the English oo sound in pool. In ‘unalii’ the u makes the oo sound. ‘na’ makes the English n sound and the short a sound like in nana. ‘li’ makes the English l sound and long e sound like in leaf. ‘i’ makes the long English e sound. ‘unalii’ is pronounced oo – n – short a – l – long e – glottal stop – long e.‘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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