Lakota Language Forum - Lakȟól’iya Owáakhiye Othí

... Lakȟól wičhóȟ’aŋ na wičhóuŋ kiŋ hená ogná óhiŋniyaŋ áotaŋȟčiŋ ophíič’iye. Wóohitike: Johnson líla wičháša ohítika héčha, óhiŋniyaŋ čhaŋtét’iŋs Oyáte kiŋ nawíčhakičižiŋ ló. Tȟuŋkášilayapi tȟawípȟe kiŋ čhutíč’iŋ na makȟówaŋčaya ománi. Wówauŋšila: Óhiŋniyaŋ waúŋšila na čhaŋtéwašteya wawókiye ló. ...

... kiksúya uŋk’úŋpi kte ló. Ičhíŋ taŋtáŋyaŋ waéčhawičhakičuŋ s’a. 1966 hetáŋhaŋ ómakȟa núŋm Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke kiŋ ektá itȟáŋčhaŋyaŋpi. Oglála Oyáte kiŋ líla úŋšišiya thípi na húŋȟ thičhólapi čha abléza čhaŋkhé Tȟuŋkášilayapi Otȟúŋwahe-ta yíŋ na Thiská eyápi kiŋ ektá Tȟuŋkášilayapi J.F. Kennedy ...

... participation in the forum's activities and by being a good learner of the language. The Forum and the language rely on you. Ho čha blihíč’iya po, oyáte kiŋ épi na Lakȟól’iya Owáakhiye Othí kiŋ lé wačhíŋniyaŋpe ló.

The audio file attached below presents part of an interview with Ben Black Bear Jr. from the Sičháŋǧu Oyáte (Rosebud Reservation). In this part of the interview he gives his assessment of the New Lakota Dictionary and his perspective on the standard orthography. Ben Black ...