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title: "Native Words We Use Every Day"
slug: native-words-we-use-every-day
date: 2017-11-08
author: "Guest User"
original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/news-notes/native-words-we-use-every-day
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# Native Words We Use Every Day

Nov 8

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### The English language is a beautiful mix-up of languages. In any conversation, you can hear a smattering of vocabulary we have borrowed from other languages. For example: schmooze and glitch are borrowed from Yiddish. And how about kindergarten, cafe, plaza, and karaoke?

Did you know we borrowed the following common words from the indigenous people of America?

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