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Haú Kostya, Owáakhiye othí kiŋ lé glá wašté kte."

I have no problem using this http://www.lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/vk364/demo_inline.html

Iyúškiŋyaŋ akhé waŋčhíyaŋke.

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I didn't know who or where to tell about this, but when I log-in to the site, I have to jump through a lot of hoops because firefox says this is an ATTACK SITE and forbids me to come here! Is there someway to fix this? I have to click links and such EACH AND EVERYTIME I come here! Just passing this ...

NLD-O.3 We are happy to announce the launch of a new version of the New Lakota Dictionary Online (NLD-O). http://lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php Please let us describe some of the new features of the recently launched third version. 1) For the Lakota word-search input you can choose ...

... I would like to ask, is it O.K to put the 'If you are interested in lakota language, visit: http://www.lakotadictionary.org' text to the application? I insert a few new lakota word each day, but if anyone would like to join, he is welcome! Imre

... tab" and the version with VK appears. The first post in this topic has been edited: The dictionary can be found at this address: http://www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php You can also access it by clicking on NLD-O in the upper right corner of the index page (next to the FAQ link). The VK ...

... if you click on an NLD-O linke from the page which exact address has http://www., VK won't be launched, and if it is a page without www. (http: //lakotadictionary.org/ etc.) - everything works. Will try to fix it tonight.

... properly only in FireFox. We hope to make it eventually function in Internet Explorer. The dictionary can be found at this address: http://www.lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/nldo.php You can also access it by clicking on NLD-O in the upper right corner of the index page (next to the FAQ link). ...

... almost the Spanish x in 'Mexico' but it is more guttural Listen to the audio track and select the correct word (Level 2 textbook, page 46) http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/04-08.mp3 1: boy hokšíla ȟokšíla 2: mountain hé ȟé 3: heron hokȟá ȟokȟá 4: badger hoká ȟoká 5: leg hú ȟú ...

Level 2 textbook, page 34 Listen to the audio track and select k, p or t: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/03-06.mp3 1: halhá_a k p t 2: gnugnúš_a k p t 3: ȟo_á k p t 4: siŋ_éȟla k p t 5: s_á k p t 6: iš_á k p t 7: sá_a k p t 8: iš_á k p t 9: ...

... diacritics and stress marks are present (as well as aspirations marked with h and ȟ). [quiz_init:34yj2jpz][/quiz_init:34yj2jpz] 1. http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/aguyapi.mp3 aǧúyapi 2. http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/blo.mp3 bló 3. http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/conala.mp3 ...

Level 2 textbook, page 60 Listen to the audio track and select kȟ, pȟ or tȟ: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/05-10.mp3 1: La__óta kȟ pȟ tȟ 2: wa__óštaŋ kȟ pȟ tȟ 3: __ápa kȟ pȟ tȟ 4: čha__úŋka kȟ pȟ tȟ 5: __ó kȟ pȟ tȟ 6: __áŋta kȟ pȟ tȟ 7: __uŋkášila ...

Level 2 textbook, page 75 Listen to the audio tract and select kh, ph or th: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/06-18.mp3 1: __ukhúše kh ph th 2: _etížaŋžaŋ kh ph th 3: ma_ú kh ph th 4: __iíkčeya kh ph th 5: __eží kh ph th 6: __íŋpsila kh ph th 7: ...

Level 2 textbook, page 12 Listen to the audio and click one of the two options for marking stress on each word: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/01-15.mp3 1: turkey buzzard héča hečá 2: pelican blóza blozá 3: squirrel zíča zičá 4: badger ȟóka ȟoká 5: red-winged ...

Level 2 textbook, page 9 Listen to the words and decide which vowel you hear (a, e, i, o, u, aŋ, iŋ, uŋ): http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/01-09.mp3 1: off-white sá sáŋ 2: white ská skáŋ 3: beaver čhápa čháŋpa 4: chokecherry čhapȟá čhaŋpȟá 5: apple tȟaspá tȟaspáŋ ...

Level 2 textbook, page 6. Listen to the audio track and select the correct vowel to fill in each word. http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/01-06.mp3 1: w__blí 'eagle' aŋ iŋ uŋ 2: __yaŋ 'stone' aŋ iŋ uŋ 3: __čí 'grandmother' aŋ iŋ uŋ 4: čh__ 'wood' aŋ iŋ uŋ 5: s__ ...

Level 2 textbook, page 4, listening activity number 4. Listen to the audio track and decide which vowel is missing in each word: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/01-04.mp3 Question 1: čháp_ 'beaver' a e i o u Question 2: p_spíza 'prairie dog' a e i o u Question 3: ȟ_ká 'badger' ...

... English sh in 'shop' These two sounds often contrast meaning, compare: sí foot ší to ask somebody to do something Level 2 textook, page 20: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/02-05.mp3 Listen to the audio track and decide where you hear s and where š: 1: white ská šká 2: red sá ...

... 'zero' Lakota ž sounds like the English s in 'pleasure' Listen to the audio track and select the correct word (Level 2 textbook, page 24) http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/02-11.mp3 1: yellow zí ží 2: one waŋzí waŋží 3: five záptaŋ žáptaŋ 4: pudding wózapi wóžapi 5: strawberries ...

... of k, p, t versus kh, ph, th Level 2 textbook, page 130 Listen to the audio track and select if you hear k or kh , p or ph , t or th : http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/11-12.mp3 1: čhaŋš__á k kh 2: __ukhúše k kh 3: __uté k kh 4: __imímela k kh 5: __uŋ__úŋ k kh 6: __ušléča ...

Level 2 textbook, page 127 Exercise: k, p, t versus kȟ, pȟ, tȟ Listen to the audio track and decide between k and kȟ, p and pȟ, t and tȟ http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/11-07.mp3 1: s__á k kȟ 2: anúŋ__asaŋ k kȟ 3: ho__á k kȟ 4: ma__á k kȟ 5: ma__á k kȟ 6: __atkáša p pȟ 7: ...

... rule you can easily fill the missing letters in the exercise below. But you can also listen to the pronunciation to get some practice: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/07-05.mp3 1: _našká g ǧ 2: _í g ǧ 3: wa_lékšuŋ g ǧ 4: a_úyapi g ǧ 5: núŋ_e g ǧ 6: uŋzó_e g ǧ 7: šuŋ_íla ...

... ȟ and ǧ is the same as between s and z in that ȟ is voiceless and ǧ is voiced. Listen to the audio track and select ȟ or ǧ for each word: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/08-15.mp3 1: pants uŋzóȟe uŋzóǧe 2: mountain ȟé ǧé 3: elk heȟáka heǧáka 4: bread aȟúyapi aǧúyapi 5: ear ...

Lakota čh and č (Level 2 textbook, page 15-16, NLD.1 page 699; NLD.2 page 753) Lakota čh is aspirated and sounds like ch in chair . Listen: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/01-21.mp3 : čhéǧa, čhaŋté, čhaŋwápe, čhápa, wičháša Lakota č is un-aspirated and has no exact equivalent ...

... compressed air that gives the characteristic ‘crack’ when the ejective is released. Listen to words (and syllables) with glottalized stops: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/10-07.mp3 č’: č’ó (č’a, č’e, č’i, č’o, č’u) k’: k’á (k’a, k’e, k’i, k’o, k’u) p’: p’ó (p’a, p’e, p’i, p’o, ...

... stops č’, k’, p’, t’ introduced earlier, but it also occurs after s , š and ȟ . Listen to the following recording and select what you hear: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/quizzes/10-08.mp3 1. __é č’ k’ p’ t’ s’ š’ ȟ’ 2. __ú č’ k’ p’ t’ s’ š’ ȟ’ 3. __á č’ k’ p’ t’ s’ š’ ȟ’ 4. __ó č’ ...

... enables typing these characters. You can get both of these thing by downloading the Lakota Keyboard and Fonts Bundle Installer from here: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/LakotaKeyboard.exe This installs both the Lakota keyboard and the fonts. There is also a help file for it: http://lakotadictionary.org/phpBB3/download/GettingStarted.pdf ...

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