How To Say Sḵwx̱wú7mesh

[@Qwoot]

The reverse approach at the end of the video was brilliant. I've never heard of that before but I could totally feel the pronunciation come together by going through that exercise. Thanks for the lesson.

[@rocketreindeer]

Great teaching, bro! One of the best Indigenous language .. or any language... lessons I've seen. The teacher also has a good spirit, which is so important to transferring and modeling our ways. Two palms up!

[@dianesjourney77]

Love this vid! I am a descendant of one of the first families of Stanley Park, and have never been brought up or taught about my culture. Thank you for helping me begin my adventure in learning about my families history, and to properly say Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. always wondered what the 7 was for, now it makes perfect sense!! Thx again

[@WanderingSoleTV]

How is your journey of discovery going? How interesting to have roots to the people of Stanley Park. I just finished reading Whale in the Door. I learnt a fair bit from it and need to learn more!

[@gregjohn1985]

Apar7ment.. mind blown...

[@Bighairyjoesph]

Hey....hello from Ireland. I was teaching my class today about your beautiful country and people and came across your amazing language. I was reading that there were only 10 speakers, all of whom were over 65. How is your project going? Let me know so I can update my students. I love the video. Thank you and best wishes.

[@Leahras]

Great video lesson! Thanks for breaking it down so simply and allowing time to put it all together. Thanks :)

[@alley95]

Thank you for this easy-to-follow guide!

[@adrienne_reads]

Thank you!! I see it written all the time on signs and always wondered about the correct pronunciation.

[@karinhall5319]

THIS IS DELIGHTFUL. I'M GOING TO NEED SOME PRACTICE!

[@avestictradition]

Great lesson, thank you! Now it doesn't look so daunting.

[@paullovesdominoes]

What a wonderful lesson! Thank you!

[@rebeccatunnacliffe576]

Fantastic teacher. Thank you so much!!!

[@jothman]

What a great video and educational, I love learning about First Nations, thank you

[@victoriasmith3557]

This is so great! Love the different techniques and practice time! Thank you so much for sharing! Brilliant!

[@PaulWesleyBowen]

Great. Love it. I am a Bowen and I was wondering how Nex̱wlélex̱m, British Columbia, became known as Bowen Island.

[@taralynn62]

The sound on this video isn't working anymore but was in January 2022. I found this lesson extremely helpful for giving a territorial acknowledgement in January.

[@thebearman6065]

We have an art installation that was just erected on campus here at Whatcom community college by James Harry which is titled "ININYAX’A7N (Thunderbird)" There is no plaque or webpage with history, pronunciation, or description of the art piece. Students including myself would love to know the Skwomesh pronunciation and history, but I don't believe the college or artist will provide this. Could you share your knowledge with us?

[@clairecouplandmusic]

such a great teacher! thank you

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

Thanks for making this understandable. A Dutch G with rounded lips should get me halfway there. The backwards bit at the end is genius.

[@Leahras]

Awesome instructional video! Thank you for sharing

[@MrDarilon23]

Thank you so much for posting this video. For about a decade I've been wondering about pronunciation of a 7 in the middle of a word after doing some programming work on geomapping traditional use of land by first nations peoples.

[@rockymountaindiva]

This was terrifically helpful! Thank you!

[@aweedmark]

Thank you, I really enjoyed learning this.

[@SaucyD]

This is awesome! Thank you! I learned a lot from this video. Great teaching!

[@englishjam130]

wow. very helpful video. I could say it perfectly after i watched this

[@thetaco1139]

I love this. I've been practicing your pronunciation. I'm curious if Snohomish is pronounced in a similar way.

[@Oceangai]

Great video. Thanks from China.

[@shalymecca]

This was super helpful! Thank you!

[@therealtaco7328]

These lexically different languages look so cool! I wish I could speak them!

[@jellybeansi]

This is really helpful, thanks.

[@DdGg-dn3fe]

Thank you for a great video!!

[@moniquesoto5935]

Sounds awesome. Thank you.

[@aliciazigay4510]

Love this! Please make more videos!

[@jenniealexis7151]

Awesome resource! Thank you for sharing this.

[@DEEinBC]

I learned something new today ... thank you!

[@Mavorini]

good teacher.

[@demidron.]

The right side of my brain knows how to say this now ;-)

[@Enphorce]

Awesome teaching job!

[@whipped_cream5101]

Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed learning this :)

[@ggleduc8544]

Thank you!

[@andreamellor3055]

This is so awesome!

[@SylviaSchmidt-n3o]

Thank you

[@rh6108]

awesome! thank you

[@rockymountaindiva]

Where can I find more tutorials on more words, phrases, etc.?

[@willanderson2441]

So what's the 7 for

[@joshuarosen6242]

That is a difficult thing for an Englishman to say. We also say the t in apartment but I understood what you meant by a glottal stop.

[@RosiePerera]

Great video, but I wish it didn't so often cut away from his face back to the letters when he was pronouncing each new part of the word, and the whole word again and again. I wanted to watch him forming the shapes with his mouth.

[@HeatherHale]

Be great to have him on screen pronouncing with the letters on screen at the same time (underneath or to the right), so we could see both simultaneously as we emulate and learn both ways! ;-)

[@ryanlloyd3842]

Huy chexw a/Thank you!

[@audriclacour9975]

How do you skwikw?

[@paolamartens4616]

So is it appropriate to say this instead of "Squamish" when I would otherwise say Squamish People/Nation

[@Ellanadi]

Why is the glottal pause 7 and not 8 or 6 or any other letter, number, or symbol?

[@FreestateofOkondor]

I guess that is because the IPA representation is a question mark without a point and that kinda looks like a 7

[@jaycee330]

@@FreestateofOkondor That's exactly why.

[@servantofaeie1569]

cause it somewhat visually resembles ʔ

[@servantofaeie1569]

You are presenting the glottal stop as if it were just a side piece. In reality it is a consonant that is just as important as the others, it should have been introduced after ú and before m where it occurs and not after you have taught the whole word. It should have been highlighted when you pronounced it, just like the rest of the word.

[@onthewater4020]

I have never met a single person who says "appar7ment." Every single person I have ever spoken to says "appartment" with a clear and prominent T. Otherwise this video is excellent, I would love to see more to be able to use in a classroom to help explain pronunciation of these words that I struggle with.

[@babgab]

I say "appar7ment." It's a regional accent, but a subtle one. I doubt even visitors would notice it unless they're specifically looking for it. T-dropping isn't unique to that region - in the accent spoken in Toronto, "Toronto" is actually pronounced something like "Taranna." It's even more obvious in some UK dialects - where "butter" becomes "bu7er", for example.

[@rocketreindeer]

Where I grew up in B.C., literally all I've heard my entire life, from all races and ages, is apar7ment! Hawaiian also has lots of glottal stops, whenever you see an apostrophe in the middle of a word, it's just like the 7 here.

[@sharonrainey2320]

✌️👍Jeff 🥲

[@ttmmaacc]

remove the 7 and we got a deal

[@dislikebutton8789]

Disliked! 6 minutes is ridiculously long.

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

dwô7kxo just gonna put this here for cool stuff n sounds xoxox

[@daigoomah]

Thank you! 😊

[@jossypoo]

Thank you so much.

[@juliem.9774]

Thank you!

[@crystalstob3740]

Thank you!