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Lakȟótiyapi
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English
Etymology
en lkt Lakȟótiyapi.
Proper noun
en Lakota (language)
en Tasha R. Hauff Lakȟótiyapi kiŋ uŋglúkinipi (We revitalize our Lakota Language): Native Language Revitalization at Standing Rock 2019 UC Berkeley https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6zc0w7sb There are two dialects (or varieties) of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ language spoken on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The Thítȟuŋwaŋ in the area speak Lakȟótiyapi or Northern Lakota, whereas the Iȟáŋktȟuŋwaŋna speak Dakȟótiyapi or Western Dakota.
en Seren Morris Who Was Zitkala-Ša? Google Doodle Celebrates Indigenous American Writer and Activist Newsweek 2021-02-22 https://www.newsweek.com/google-doodle-celebrates-zitkala-sa-indigenous-american-activist-1570893 Zitkala-Ša was born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota on February 22, 1876. Her name, Zitkala-Ša, is Lakota/Lakȟótiyapi for "Red Bird." When she was eight years old, Quaker missionaries took her and several other children to attend White's Indiana Manual Labor Institute, where she was given the name Gertrude Simmons. https://web.archive.org/web/20221001021021/https://www.newsweek.com/google-doodle-celebrates-zitkala-sa-indigenous-american-activist-1570893 1 October 2022
Lakota
Alternative forms
lkt Lakȟóṫiyapi Lakĥoṫiyapi Lakh̓oṫiyapi Lakhotiyapi Lak'otiyapi
lkt Lakȟol colloquial
Pronunciation
lkt /lak͡xótijapi/
Verb
lkt verb
Lakota language lit., “they speak Lakota”, “Lakota is spoken”
See also
lkt Lakȟóta