Quick Cree language lesson:

If you want to try to pronounce these yourself, lemme give you a quick lesson... Out of all the letters of the alphabet, the cree language has 17 of them. The rest are nonexistant... (like Q, L, and J.)

P's are pronounced like a mix of P and B... C's are pronounced like c in Police but a much harder ending...like in tch~
there is no short "A" only pronounced "ah" like a quick long "a" sound. when you see a "â" then it i a normal long A. and when you see an " î " it is pronounced like the letter E. (ee) When there is an " ê " it is pronounced like an " eh " but quick, lick in meh. O is not "oh" but "uh". when there is a cresent over it, when it is "oo".

My reasonings for the names:

Some words in the Cree language are nonexistant, like Jasmine, the herb... But I did my best translating each of the names by their meaning. [I got them from the article by Alafastanzio] So you can see where I'm going with this...

If you want help pronouncing the names correctly, just ask in the comments. I'll show you how. :)

okimâskwêsis- uh-kee-may-skw-way-sis

iskwêsiwiw- isk-way-si-weew

wâpiskâpakwanîs- way-pis-kay-puhk-wuh-nees

Kânîmihitocik- kay-nee-mi-hi-tuh-kick

Mispon' Wapskaw mi-sp-uhn wuhp-skuw (skuh-w)

mistiko 'wâpikwanîs- miss-ti-kuh way-pick-wun-ees

miyosiwin- mi-yuh-si-win

Pisiw- pi-siw

iskwâskisewa- isk-way-ski-se-wuh (not the word "ski" I mean it bluntly)

sêwêyâkan wâpikwanîs- say-way-ya-kunn way-pick-wan-ees


Did I do this correctly? Sorry I just love problem solving! (except for math. I don't like math)
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Anyways, I don't like this name because it's Tiana's name. It just sounds good to me. I like the word "O-KEY" It's sooooo cute!!!!

^very good!

okimâskwêsis- uh-kgim-maah-skway-sis

iskwêsiwiw- isk-way-si-wee-ewe

wâpiskâpakwanîs- w-aww-piskg-kga-pah-kwaah-nees (very good! You got this right! :D )

Kânîmihitocik- kaah-neem-mih-toh-chik

Mispon' Wapskaw: mi-sp-uhn wuhp-skuw (skuh-w) [again, very good! Also correct!]

mistiko 'wâpikwanîs- miss-ti-kuh wahh-puck-wun-ees [SO close! But good!]

miyosiwin- mi-yuh-si-win [ Awesome! ]

Pisiw- pbe-see-w

iskwâskisewa- isk-way-ski-se-wuh [wow, you're good at this!]

sêwêyâkan wâpikwanîs- say-way-ya-kunn waah-puck-wan-ees

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Yay! You did very good! :D It's hard to read cree sometimes since it's not a written language... (only in syllabics, ou cree writing system that consists of sounds... )

Yaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!