Łingít Pronunciation Guide

Łingít words with phonetic spellings and other pronunciation tips

These phonetic spellings of the Łingít words and phrases were written in collaboration with Will Geiger, Research Specialist with the Sealaska Heritage Institute. The Sealaska Heritage Institute has graciously given permission for audio files below of Will Geiger speaking the words and phrases in the resources section below.


Other pronunciation tips:

  • Peratrovich: Per-rat-ro-vich-accent on the ‘rat’
  • Gruening: Greening
  • Cowper: Cooper

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Séet ká

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Séet ká: (Petersburg): séet is pronounced identically to English “seat” (what one sits on); ká is like English “cut”, “come”, but without the final consonant. The emphasis of this word lands on the last syllable: seet-KÁ.

Sheet´ká: (Sitka): Sheet is just like above, like “seat”. Ka also like above. The accent is on the first syllable – sheet.

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