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Dakota English Dictionary (Borealis Books)

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This being about the only Dakota-English dictionary still in print makes it good enough. But there are a lot of words you will not find in here, and forget about help for which tenses to use. It is limited, often frustrating, but it is the only one. I also had to purchase the English-Dakota dictionary, because for some ridiculous reason (most dictionaries provide both (Forgein Language)-English & English-(Forgein Language)translations in ONE book) this dictionary only goes one way, so you have to buy another one to get the rest! Annoying & Expensive!

My mother is a Dakota speaker and she doesn't recognize many of the words in this dictionary. Many of the words are probably old and no longer used but as I read in the New Lakota Dictionary many words in this dictionary are incorrect. The New Lakota Dictionary includes words from the Dakota dialects and my mother recognizes most of those.

I got this because my son is Dakota Sioux. It has come in handy, but there are still things his father says that I can not find in this dictionary.