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Cherokee language has more words than English for some topics, and these may show what was important for thousands of years. In an earlier blog we talked about all the words for running. There are also a lot of words about speaking.
A student asked last week “How many different words are there in Cherokee language? Do they have different words for hungry and starving? Or do they just say really hungry?”
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In Cherokee language, HAPPY is an active verb. The form of it means that someone is doing an action. Galieliga = I am happy (right now). Its meaning also includes the feeling of being thankful.
