LilianBo wrote:Thank you. That will be a great pleasure. However, I think I need some texts in Lakota. Perhaps some study materials, textbooks with advanced language, and authentic dialogue could be found. If you have any further suggestions, I will really appreciate it. Thank you, Caroline. I have the Albert White Hat textbook, and another one, plus two dictionaries, and some short stories for children.
Lilian, I believe you're thinking - because the Deloria's book I suggested to you is called "Dakota texts" - that they are written in Dakota, but they're not. They're all in pure Lakota language. I frankly, I think it quite fits your request.
Otherwise, like I said, you won't find much material yet. I could also propose for fun the videos of the Berenstain Bears in Lakota on youTube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLWe ... xCHht4X2Kcor here where you get the texts of the dialogues in Lakota and their translation:
https://lakhotiyapi.wordpress.com/But what I would highly recommend is the Lakota Grammar Handbook published by the Lakota Language Consortium and conceived by Ian Ullrich, the creator of this forum. It is a great book, very thorough and well organized. Each grammar topic is fully explained and followed by numerous exercises. Plus it's beautifully illustrated and all that makes it a wonderful learning device.
I had also started with Albert White Hat's book, but although you learn interesting facts about the culture, it's incomplete and Lekší Albert is not using the official Lakota orthography.
As for dictionaries, same thing. If you have the Buechel or the little Everyday Lakota, they contain mistakes and inaccuracies.
A good thing would be to acquire NLD-Pro that you can download on your computer.
Beside all that, I don't see what else I could suggest.
Good luck with your quest!
Caroline