Jingle Bells Christmas 2019 CN Language Department
Channel: Comanche Nation Language Department
Date: 23/12/2019

We are so proud of the employees who joined the language staff to learn this song in order to share it with all of you for this holiday season. 

We had a lot of fun doing this and hope you enjoy! 

After discussion with our Language Consultants and looking at the different versions of songs in our community, we settled on the following version of the song sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”: 

Naʔokitʉ̠, naʔokitʉ̠, naʔokitʉ tanʉ̠.
Rejoice, rejoice, let’s all rejoice.
Taa narʉmiʔa pahipʉ̠katʉ, naʔokitʉ tanʉ̠.
On our master’s birthday, let’s all rejoice. 

Wahima, wahima, wahimarui tanʉ̠.
Putting up the cedar tree, putting up the cedar tree, we’re all getting presents.
Taa narʉmiʔa pahipʉ̠katʉ, wahimarui tanʉ̠.
On our master’s birthday, we’re all getting presents/putting up a cedar tree.

And remember, those other ways of singing it are okay too!

Tsaa nʉʉsukatʉ wahimarʉ̠!
#Comanche #NumuTekwapu