Torn Between Learning Languages
Hello everyone! For context, I am a citizen of a smallish nation of about 4,000-5,000 people in Oklahoma. We are Anishinaabe and have made some small efforts towards language learning. However, we are drawing on resources from northern Odawa nations because our dialect has effectively died and there is little documentation of it.
On the other hand, I am also of Cherokee heritage (my grandfather is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma).
I've reached an impasse regarding which language to focus on. Cherokee would be easier because of the wealth of resources, documentation, and revitalization efforts that are underway, but I feel wrong for attempting to learn it when my nation's trying to make some efforts to bring back Anishinaabemowin to our people, even if it's not our specific dialect.
I am probably overthinking this, but I don't know which path to take. I know I can really only make this decision for myself, but I thought I'd at least share my frustration here.
Edit: Thank you all for the replies. I need to just learn both. It was especially poignant reading the comment that our ancestors were often multilingual. I don't know why I didn't think of that.