Modern Lakota and Dakota in the 21st century.

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Date: July 16, 2008 11:31:18 AM CDT

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Subject: [ILAT] New Lakota Dictionary to Transform Language (fwd link)

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New Lakota Dictionary to Transform Language

RAPID CITY, S.D., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) — Lakota Language

Consortium announces the publication of the New Lakota Dictionary. This highly

anticipated reference text is expected to be one of the most important works

ever published in the language. It goes on sale Friday, July 18, through the

Lakota Language Consortium.

The 1,112-page volume is the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary

to emerge in the last 75 years and is designed to serve as a foundation for

modern Lakota and Dakota in the 21st century. The dictionary is the product of

25 years of linguistic work with over 300 fluent speakers from across all the

dialect areas. It represents the Lakota language and its dialects with complete

historical and contemporary accuracy from the Sioux reservations of Standing

Rock, Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, as well as the eastern Yankton and

Santee-Sisseton communities.

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