#lakhota

[jadeseadragon]

[nickki-d-k]

Sneek peek cuz I might not finish tonight, I don’t do many humanizations but I couldn’t resist trying one of my fav bg character. I call him Jack Thunder Moon, cuz as of yet he doesn’t have a name. I also made him Native( Lower Brule Lakhota) cuz he’s always cloned and no one cares so it fit XD 

[linguisticmaps]

Aspirated plosives

Aspirations occurs in English in initial onsets like in ‘pat’ [pʰæt], ‘tack’ [’tʰæk] or ‘cat’ [’kʰæt]. It is not phonemic, since it doesn’t distinguish meanings, but it’s distinctive in Mandarin e.g.  皮 [pʰi] (skin) vs. 比 [pi] (proportion). 

Non-phonemic aspiration occurs in: Tamazight, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Kurdish, Persian, Uyghur. 

Phonemic aspiration: Sami languages, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Mongol, Kalmyk, Georgian, Armenian, North Caucasian languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Hmong-Mien languages, Austroasiatic languages, Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odya, Bengali, Nepali, Tai-Kadai languages, Nivkh, many Bantu languages (Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu, Venda, Tswana, Sesotho, Macua, Chichewa, and many Amerindian languages (Na-Dene, Siouan, Algic, Tshimshianic, Shastan, Mayan, Uto-Aztecan, Mixtec, Oto-Manguean, Quechua, Ayamara, Pilagá, Toba, etc.)

[olowan-waphiya]

hey there i’m queer and indigenous (oglala lakhota) and i want to follow other native folk. this is a sideblog but my main is @gaylienz 

reblog/like this if you’re cool with me following you! i’d especially like to follow other lakhota people but i’d just like more cool native folk on my dash

[sandy-butch-blog]

Lakota basic phrases

Here’s some basic phrases in Lakota

Táku eníčiyapi he? - What’s your name?

Sandra emáčiyapi - My name is Sandra. 

Tuktél yathí he? - Where do you live?

Tuktél thí he? - Where does she live?

občíbčib - Step by step (as in a learning process)

Wazí aháŋhaŋ oyáŋke el wathí - I live in Pine Ridge

Táku ečíyapi he? - What’s her name?

Tukténitaŋhaŋ he? - Where are you from? 

Oyáŋke - Reservation

Híŋhaŋni wašté / Híŋhaŋni láȟčiŋ* - good morning

taŋyáŋ waŋčhíyaŋke - Nice to see you (common greeting)

taŋyáŋ yahi - it’s good you’ve come (sg.)

taŋyáŋ yahipi - It’s good you’ve come (pl.)

Wéksuye šni - I don’t remember

Wazí aháŋhaŋ óyaŋke emátaŋhaŋ - I am from Pine Ridge

Texas el wathí - I live in Texas

Texas emátaŋhaŋ - I’m from Texas

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General notes: Questions are formed by adding an enclitic at the end of the phrase, in this case “he” (pronounced /hɜ/) which is unstressed. In some cases, a man might use “hwo” (pronounced /hə’wɔ/), especially when talking to a group of people in a more formal context. Generally, most people use “he” when talking to friends. Also, unlike English, inflection is never raised in Lakota to signify a question. In fact, a slightly descending tone is used, in addition to the he/hwo enclitics to show that you’re asking a question. 

Re: 3rd person singular pronouns, Lakota doesn’t really distinguish between them, and since the language is pro-drop the phrase “Táku ečíyapi he?” could mean “What’s his name?” or “What’s her name?” 

*There are many ways to greet people in Lakota. 2 ways I’ve heard people say “good morning” are híŋhaŋni wašté and híŋhaŋni láȟčiŋ. I’ve heard from several teachers that the former, híŋhaŋni wašté, is considered by some speakers to be “bad Lakota”, in the sense that it is not a traditional greeting, and instead a translation that resulted from contact with English speakers. These teachers said that using híŋhaŋni láȟčiŋ is considered more appropriate/traditional to some speakers, as well as using an entirely different greeting such as taŋyáŋ yahi or taŋyáŋ waŋčhíyaŋke

[sequentialvoicing]

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[jadeseadragon]

[nickki-d-k]

I've seen this said more than a few times by non natives in regards to Mt. Rushmore

"Let's blow it up!"

Um... No! The six grandfathers are sacred to my people. Please reevaluate yourself if your response is to simply destroy a sacred sight you know nothing about.