Native Language
~ Chris Boles
The Native Tongue has a flowering and a special cadence. It does not follow the breaks or pause pattern of many other languages. Words spill out in a very different way. It is refreshing. The pausing leaves time to “think” of the wording as it goes forth.
The listener can follow the speaker not by ears alone but also by the thoughts being expressed. It is the original way of speaking; first for the ears and then for the mind to follow along.
The common problem with communication is that the speaker is often drowned-out by the “roar” of the listener. This is when the speaker is not given the time to complete their statement before the so-called listener “jumps-in” with their opinion, so often in a harsh way. Not so in the Native languages. The listener most often really does use his ears to the mind and waits for the speaker to complete their communication before offering a rebuttal. This is manners; the proper use of Native language.
There are no words in Native languages for “mean, dirty, or the foulness” of speech. These attitudes are expressed elsewhere, perhaps strongest in the European languages. In the Native tongue they do not exist. There are no words which alone inflict harm to another. There are no words for “You- Mother-Something” or the up-lifted middle finger.
Words do hurt. Words do harm. Countless individuals living in a couple arrangement, either male or female, are in some form of therapy today because of verbal abuse. The People who speak in Native tongue are the least likely to receive such outbursts of abusive hail stones. If this does occur it is in the English language, and supplemented by drugs or alcohol. In point of fact, most cases of verbal abuse are related to drug or alcohol use and abuse.
Natives are relearning their languages as well as traditions long thought lost. Natives are regaining strength and self-empowerment. Through the relearning process perhaps the harshness that has seeped into Native ways will be dissolved.
There are no true Native words for land ownership, the buying or the selling of land, or banks, or even Wall Street. Odd to some, but a strong grasp of what truly is important because the Native tongue often refers to the HEART.
