Cherokee Christmas Songs

John Lennon
Cherokee Translation ©2012 
by Nannie Taylor and Sara Snyder Hopkins

(words in image)

Unadetiyisgv'i (Happy Xmas War is Over)

translation - Nannie Taylor & Sara Snyder

ᎫᏘᎭ (Let it Snow)

ᎭᎸᏅ  ᏍᏓᏱ  ᏚᏃᏛᎩ  (Jingle Bell Rock)

ᏔᎳᏚ  ᎢᎦ  ᎠᏕᏘᏲᏍᎬ (Twelve Days of Christmas)

translated by Nannie Taylor & Sara Snyder

kagi iyusdi hi'a uwetsi
Meli unigitsane'i
dinikanowadidohi
usdi'i unaktosde'i
hi'a ugvwiyu
anadadolisdaneha
nula hidadolisda
usdi'i Meli uwetsi

uyo'i unisidi nunvdvnv
undanti ganasa'i
tsun(a)neldi hitsadadolisda
ganiladisgo'(i) kanoheda
yvgi dadayutili
tsigiyohuhisele'i
ugwedali nulistanvgi
usdi'i Meli uwetsi

ᎧᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏪᏥ (What Child Is This)

translated by Nannie Taylor & Sara Snyder
(c)2011 Kituwah Preservation and Education Program

gigage kayvsadv
utsisdalugisgv'(i) awi
ale yihigohi'a
kantsisdaluga-iyusdi
aniso aniy(a) awi
tsuniyesdane'i
gesdadi yanalisgo-
danahe'i tsuneldi

tsukvhad(v) adetiyisgv
Nig(i) hiyanuwese
usgosdi hiyvsadv
yinsinuga-sk adansineg(i)

nasquo aniya awi
unalihelitse'i
Ludoawi kayvsadv
gesdi yitsadiyakewi



ᎷᏙᎠᏫ  ᎩᎦᎨ  ᎧᏴᏒᏛ (Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer)

Siyo! Seli dagwado'a. You can check out my English-language project at soundcloud.com/stereospread 

My name is Sara Snyder Hopkins. I am the Director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University. These translations are by Cherokee speakers and/or me. They can be used for teaching and learning about the Cherokee language. The recordings and texts cannot be reproduced elsewhere without permission. Email me at slsnyder@wcu.edu.