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2 unusual facts about Lakota language


Lakota language

For example, while he is the usual question-marking enclitic, huŋwó is used for rhetorical questions or in formal oratory, and the dubitative wa functions somewhat like a tag question in English (Rood and Taylor 1996; Buchel 1983).

Teton Sioux

Lakota language, a Siouan languages spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes



see also

Wakpala, South Dakota

Wakpala is within the boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and its name loosely translates to "creek" in the Lakota language.