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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.
As the number of first-language Lakota speaker dwindled, Taken Alive began working with Czech linguist Jan Ullrich [] in 2005. [3] Ulrich and Wilhelm Meya formed the Lakota Language Consortium (LLC), originally focusing on Lakota, but later expanding to include other vulnerable and endangered Native American languages, including Ojibwe, Crow, and Gwichʼin. [4]
This is a list of Native American languages acquired by children, thus this list contains the most healthy Native American languages within the confines of the United States. Still, only two can boast more than 20,000 speakers (Navajo and Cherokee). Arapaho - In 2008, it was reported that a school had been opened to teach the language to ...
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The list of language families, isolates, and unclassified languages below is a rather conservative one based on Campbell (1997). Many of the proposed (and often speculative) groupings of families can be seen in Campbell (1997), Gordon (2005), Kaufman (1990, 1994), Key (1979), Loukotka (1968), and in the Language stock proposals section below.
Take the practice’s linguistic roots. In the Lakota language, the word “smudging” or “smudge” is what we call “wazilia,” says Oglala Lakota spiritual leader and wisdom keeper ...