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ISO 639-3: lkt

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Brulé, Lakhota, Lakotiyapi, Teton

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Primary texts

  1. [Lakota text and vocabulary]. Tyon, Tho. (consultant); Reifel, Albert (researcher). [1939 April]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-152
  2. Elicitation of words and phrases especially related to people and kinship. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.001
  3. Discussion about the consultant and her culture. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.002
  4. Elicitation of simple words and phrases including possesive phrases. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.003
  5. Lakota national anthem. Tyler, Guy (researcher). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.004
  6. Hunkpapa Omaha war dance song. Tyler, Guy (researcher). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.005
  7. Sun dance song. Tyler, Guy (researcher). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.006
  8. Duplication of a tape belonging to the consultant. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.007
  9. Song about Sitting Bull's death. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.009
  10. Duplication of a recording of a monologue about Sitting Bull's life and death. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.010
  11. Song of the sacred cloth. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.011
  12. Continuation of the duplication of recording about Sitting Bull's sacred cloth. Includes commentary on the sacred cloth song.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.012
  13. Song sung by Sitting Bull's wife when he was killed. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.013
  14. Continuation of duplication of recording about Sitting Bull's life, death, and descendants. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (researcher). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.014
  15. Untitled song. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.015
  16. Continuation of duplicated recording. Focus on war and those who died in war.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.016
  17. Discussion of cultural history. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.017
  18. Elicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes "How are you?" and "I want to know.". Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.018
  19. Eliciation of basic vocabulary items including animals, adjectives, and nature terms.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.019
  20. Elicitation of simple words and phrases. Includes such phrases as "I love you" and "The thunder is loud.". Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.020
  21. Eliciation of basic vocabulary related to Lakota culture. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.021
  22. Discussion about Lakota sweatbaths and polygamy. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.022
  23. Elicitation of words and prhases related to sweatbaths, fishing, and cooking. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.023
  24. Duplication of recording about Sitting Bull. Focus on a sacred cloth.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.024
  25. Elicitation of a variety of words and phrases. Includes cooking terms and words related to bathing and grooming.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.025
  26. Elicitation of kinship terms. Also with words and phrases related to religion and morality.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.026
  27. Elicitation of words and phrases related to sex and children. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.027
  28. Conversation about vocabulary and grammar. Some elicitations from a published grammar.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.028
  29. Continued elicitation from the Buechel grammar. Includes discussion of verbs and pronouns.. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.029
  30. Continued elicitation from the Buechel grammar. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.030
  31. Elicitation of conversational phrases. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.031
  32. Discussion about Lakota reservations and the language. Tyler, Guy (researcher); Tremmel, Margaret Mae One Bull (consultant). 1965. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 221.032
  33. ONLINEMiscellaneous words and phrases. Includes some numbers, body parts, foodstuffs, etc.. Kaufman, Terrence (researcher); Swiftbird, Ruby (consultant); Swiftbird, Stella (consultant). 1964. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 73.001
  34. ONLINELakota Sioux text. Butler, James H. (researcher); Firchow, Irwin B. (researcher); Graham, Glenn H. (researcher); Stendal, Chadwick M. (researcher); Stendal, Patricia (researcher); Monroe, Clifford (speaker). 1963. SIL International. oai:sil.org:90090
  35. ONLINELakota text 2: The mysterious voice. Boteler, Bette (researcher); Warner, Cheryl (researcher); Hook, Ann (researcher); Westrum, Peter N. (researcher); Spottedhorse, Lonnie (speaker). 1971. SIL International. oai:sil.org:92097
  36. ONLINELakota text 1: Lakota giveaway ceremony. Boteler, Bette (researcher); Warner, Cheryl (researcher); Hook, Ann (researcher); Westrum, Peter N. (researcher); Manydeeds, Sophie (speaker). 1971. SIL International. oai:sil.org:93371

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Lakota. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:lkt

Language descriptions

  1. Lakhota pronunciation. Oswalt, Robert L. (annotator); Oswalt family. [[1972]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Oswalt.003.059
  2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Lakota. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:lako1247
  3. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Lakota. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:lako1247
  4. ONLINEFacts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Lakota. Rood, David S. 2001. New York/Dublin: H. W. Wilson. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_lkt_ortho-1
  5. ONLINESketch of Lakhota, a Siouan Language. In: Handbook of North American Indians, Vol 17: Languages. Rood, David S.; Taylor, Allan R. 1996. Washington: Smithsonian Institute. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_lkt_phon-1
  6. ONLINEThe Lakota verb. Smeall, Christopher. 1972. SIL International. oai:sil.org:92101
  7. ONLINESome phonological rules in Sioux. Alyea, Carol. 1971. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94008
  8. ONLINEScope of negation. Gardiner, Donna B. 1971. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94009
  9. ONLINEVerbal fluency: Norms for the Lakota population in semantic and phonemic fluency tasks. Jordan, Larissa M. 2014. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94635
  10. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Lakhota. n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:lkt
  11. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Lakota, Teton. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src112

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEA Grammar of Lakota. Buechel, Eugene. 1939. Rosebud Educational Society. oai:refdb.wals.info:977
  2. ONLINEDakota Grammar. Boas, Franz; Deloria, Ella. 1941. U.S. Government Printing Office. oai:refdb.wals.info:1231
  3. ONLINESketch of Lakhota, a Siouan Language. Rood, David S.; Taylor, Allan R. 1996. Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 17: Languages. oai:refdb.wals.info:2009
  4. ONLINEThe 'Word'� in two Polysynthetic Languages. Russell, Kevin. 1999. Studies on the Phonological Word. oai:refdb.wals.info:2011
  5. ONLINEAspects of Lakhota Syntax. Van Valin, Robert D. 1977. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:2029
  6. ONLINEDakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography. Riggs, Stephen Return. 1893. U.S. Government Printing Office. oai:refdb.wals.info:2699
  7. ONLINELakota. Rood, David S. 2001. Facts About the World's Languages. An Encyclopedia of the World's Languages: Past and Present. oai:refdb.wals.info:3010
  8. ONLINEEnglish-Lakota Dictionary. Ingham, Bruce. 2001. Curzon. oai:refdb.wals.info:3713
  9. ONLINETowards a Typology of Natural Logic. Faltz, Leonard M. 1995. Quantification in Natural Languages. oai:refdb.wals.info:4075
  10. ONLINESiouan (Dakota). Boas, Franz; Swanton, J. 1911. Handbook of American Indian Languages 1. oai:refdb.wals.info:4325
  11. ONLINEDakota/Lakota norsk grammatikk og ordbok. Berg, Ragnar. 1981. Berg og Berg. oai:refdb.wals.info:4705
  12. ONLINEThe Assiniboine Language. Levin, Norman Balfour. 1964. Indiana University Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:5115
  13. ONLINELakota: a language of United States. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:lkt
  14. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Lakota. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_lkt
  15. Boundary markers in Dakota. Stark, Donald S. 1962. SIL International. oai:sil.org:1622
  16. [Miscellaneous field notes]. Haas, Mary R. (researcher). [[undated]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Haas.060
  17. ONLINESketch of Lakhota, a Siouan Language. In: Handbook of North American Indians, Vol 17: Languages. Rood, David S.; Taylor, Allan R. 1996. Washington: Smithsonian Institute. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_lkt_detail-1

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINESiouan texts: mutual intelligibility survey. Eashappie, Albert; Good Bear, Henry; Joshua, Florence; Harbeck, Warren A.; House, Jacob; Pratt, Donald. 1968. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10975
  2. ONLINEDakota language, Western dialect. Big Crow, Moses; Carter, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1941-; Marshall, Joseph, Jr. 1970. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10988
  3. ONLINELakhota Conversations. Sistrunk, Sara A. 1993. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10876
  4. ONLINESioux materials, Mary R. Haas Papers. Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996; Crazy Bull, Chief. 1930s. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10668
  5. ONLINEDakota and Lakota materials, Franz Boas Professional Papers. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; Deloria, Ella Cara. circa 1930s. Franz Boas Personal and Professional Papers. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9848
  6. ONLINEMandan materials, Franz Boas Professional Papers. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942. circa 1930s. Franz Boas Personal and Professional Papers. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9852
  7. ONLINEOmaha-Ponca materials, ACLS collection. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; Hahn, Frida; La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932. 1928-1930. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9528
  8. ONLINEDakota and Lakota materials, ACLS collection. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921; Bushotter, George, 1860-1892; Deloria, Ella Cara; Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957; Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895; Herzog, George, 1901-1983; Pond, Gideon H. (Gideon Hollister), 1810-1878; Pond, Samuel W. (Samuel William), 1808-1891; Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883; Walker, Luke C. 1839-1938 (bulk 1930s). ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9417
  9. ONLINEIowa materials, ACLS collection. Marsh, Gordon H.; Small, Julia; Small, Robert; Whitman, William. 1936-1947. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9438
  10. ONLINELakota materials, Phillips Fund Collection. Green, Adriana Greci; Harbeck, Warren A.; Kilroe, Patricia; Merrill, William Lewis; Pollak, Margaret; Potts, Steve; Powers, William K.; Price, Catherine; Sistrunk, Sara A.; Wagoner, Paula L.; Znamenski, Andrei A. 1966-1970, 1976, 1992-1995, 2012-2015. Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9265

Other known names and dialect names: Brulé, Lakhota, Lakotiyapi, Teton

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