Lakota Language Forum

... accomplishments, but he was a world traveler, a linguist for the Air Force, an engineer and a man known for his honesty and integrity. It would be difficult to find someone equal to him. I met him through the Forum 11 years ago with the SOWs that were popular then. Our friendship grew and we determined ...

... (or standard) and which are not. B) How important is correctness? If someone makes too many mistakes in a second language, he or she can be difficult to understand, so a reasonable level of correctness is important. Moreover, the importance of correctness has its specifics in the revitalization ...

... of the Lakota'. I've noticed a difference in your spelling pattern compared to the others. If I start to learn using your course, will I have a difficult time reading the Lakota in these other books? Thank you for your assistance, Drew Dear Drew, Each of the materials you mention uses a different ...

... urgent so we cannot afford to get distracted by marketing tricks that offer "silver bullet" style solutions for a problem as complex and difficult as Native American language revitalization. The languages require investment in infrastructures that support their long-term survival, such ...

Thank you again for your useful help, Kostya. I am just a beginner in the lakota language and it is difficult to get the proper materials in order to learn the language correctly. Obviously the best method is to live among lakhota people but it is almost imposible. Do you ...

Thank you again for your useful help, Kostya. I am just a beginner in the lakota language and it is difficult to get the proper materials in order to learn the language correctly. Obviously the best method is to live among lakhota people but it is almost imposible. Do you ...

... and I really would not want to miss the Instant Dictionary :angel: ... But if I hear a word and cannot get its spelling correctly it is sometimes difficult to type it in a way the online dictionary can guess what I mean. Then skimming through the printed dictionary is the only way to find it. ...

... Lakota language knowledge has increased much more than all the previous years combined. It has helped my Lakota language studies immensely! It was difficult for me to get use to SLO, my eyes weren't use to the extra accents marks, but now that I've gotten use to it, I like it very much. I wish ...

... quality language teaching materials can be counterproductive to language revitalization efforts. We also realize, as specialists, that it may be difficult for school administrators whose expertise lies elsewhere, to assess the real pedagogical worth of a series of language textbooks. Therefore ...

... Sequenced Curriculum and Progression: Is the class based on a sequenced curriculum? Is there a sense of progression, of going from easier to more difficult? If the answers to these and the following questions are YES then it is a good class. Conversation classes or study groups don’t have to be ...

... be my browser set-up. I thought I allowed cookes for the forum, but I still don't get logged in automatically. I guess it is possible but rather difficult for me: I use ready-to-use features of the forum, including the authorization means. Authorization here is, essentially, a cookie file at ...

... is more than just a dictionary and it is quite easy to forget time while roaming through entries and examples. I guess it is possible but rather difficult for me: I use ready-to-use features of the forum, including the authorization means. Authorization here is, essentially, a cookie file at ...

... depend on the phonology of your first language. For English speakers, the distinction between plain and aspirated k, p, t is probably the most difficult part of Lakota sound system but it may not be difficult for people with different language background.

... All are considered “pure”; in that there is no shift in articulators or articulatory positions during their articulation. Pure cardinal vowels are difficult for English speakers to pronounce because in most kinds of English they begin with a “pure” vowel and end with a glide ( y or w ). This English ...

... (un-aspirated) stops in any word position, especially in the word’s initial position. (If your first Language is not English, this might not be difficult for you at all, depending on your first language.) Notice that Lakota un-aspirated stops k, p, t may at first sound like g, b, d (as in gill, ...

Sounds represented by letter b, l, m, n, w, and y are more or less equivalent to their English counterparts. As such they are not difficult for students whose first language is English. b sounds like b in boy , as in bébela baby l sounds like l in lamp , as in lowáŋ to sing m sounds like ...

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What is CORRECTNESS and what types of errors are there?

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Re: AISRI Lakota language textbook link broken

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Re: Second edition of NLD is printing

REVIEW - Lakota textbooks by AISRI, Indiana University

Online Lakota classes

Re: New Lakota Dictionary Online (NLD-O)

Re: New Lakota Dictionary Online (NLD-O)

Re: 1. Introduction to sounds and spelling

2. Oral vowels

9. Lakota k, p, t (plain stops)

20. l, m, n, b, w, y