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| Title | Article: New Lakota Dictionary to Transform Language |
| Body | New Lakota Dictionary to Transform Language July 15, 2008 Lakota Language Consortium announces the publication of the New Lakota Dictionary. 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. To read the entire release and to find out how to obtain a copy, go to http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080715.125133&time=13%2049%20PDT&year=2008&public=0 . |
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| Inputdate | 2008-07-19 03:09:15 |
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| Publishdate | 2008-07-21 00:00:00 |
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