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In 1827, John Marsh and his wife, Marguerite (who was half Sioux), wrote the first dictionary of the Sioux language. They also wrote a "Grammar of the Sioux Language." [9] [10] Life for the Dakota changed significantly in the nineteenth century as the early years brought increased contact with European settlers, particularly Christian ...
Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi [laˈkˣɔtɪjapɪ]), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakota language, especially Western Dakota, and is one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language.
Words from the Sioux language, including Dakota and Lakota. Pages in category "Lakota words and phrases" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Sioux may also refer to: ... Sioux language, spoken in the United States and Canada;
The Western Siouan languages, also called Siouan proper or simply Siouan, [1] are a large language family native to North America. They are closely related to the Catawban languages , sometimes called Eastern Siouan, and together with them constitute the Siouan (Siouan–Catawban) language family.
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Between 1902 and 1954, he compiled over 24,000 Lakota (and Dakota) word entries on slips of paper for a bilingual dictionary of the Lakota language, which included approximately 18,000 from the work of Stephen Return Riggs, several thousand from his conversations with native people, and a few from the works of Emil Perrig, S.J., and Lakota ...