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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.
Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ (All Are Related) is a phrase from the Lakota language. It reflects the world view of interconnectedness held by the Lakota people of North America. [1] This concept and phrase is expressed in many Yankton Sioux prayers, [2] as well as by ceremonial people in other Lakota communities. [3] [4]
American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Flexner, Stuart Berg and Leonore Crary Hauck, eds. (1987). The Random House Dictionary of the English Language [RHD], 2nd ed. (unabridged). New York: Random House. Siebert, Frank T. (1975).
Tipi is a loanword from the Dakota and Lakota language. [6] Stephen Return Riggs' 1852 Dakota-English dictionary, which was sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society spells it as tipi. [7] Eugene Buechel spells it as tipi in his Lakota-English dictionary. [8]
Wasi'chu is a loanword from the Sioux language (wašíču or waṡicu using different Lakota and Dakota language orthographies) [2] which means a non-Indigenous person, particularly a white person, often with a disparaging meaning.
By 2010 the number of Lakota had increased to more than 170,000, [11] of whom about 2,000 still spoke the Lakota language (Lakȟótiyapi). [ 12 ] After 1720, the Lakota branch of the Seven Council Fires split into two major sects, the Saône, who moved to the Lake Traverse area on the South Dakota–North Dakota–Minnesota border, and the ...
English approximation b: bló about tʃ: wašíču check tʃʰ: héčhena choose tʃʼ: šič’éši check, but with a pause afterwards g: ógle again ʁ: ǧí Northumbrian burr: h: wóžuha hat x: ȟóta Spanish jota k: ská skin k’ k’éyaš skin, but with a pause afterwards kʰ: wakhéya cab kˣ: wakȟáŋ like cab, but sharper l ...
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.