The Loss of Our Language

By Unknown

Translated from Comanche by Juanita Pahdopony

September 28, 2005

Published in October 2005

Note: There are fewer than 100 fluent Comanche speakers in the world today.

A long time ago
when animals
could talk,
the language
of the people
was spoken,
sweet—like sugar.

Today, few speak
Comanche,
its loss—a bitter lesson.
That is all.

Note: There are fewer than 100 fluent Comanche speakers in the world today.

A long time ago
when animals
could talk,
the language
of the people
was spoken,
sweet—like sugar.

Today, few speak
Comanche,
its loss—a bitter lesson.
That is all.

Juanita Pahdopony is a renowned Comanche educator,…