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  2. Sioux language - Wikipedia

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    According to Shaw, word order exemplifies grammatical relations. In Dakota, the verb is the most important part of the sentence. There are many verb forms in Dakota, although they are "dichotomized into a stative-active classification, with the active verbs being further subcategorized as transitive or intransitive." [15] Some examples of this ...

  3. Lakota language - Wikipedia

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    Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi [laˈkˣɔtɪjapɪ]), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakota language, especially Western Dakota, and is one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language.

  4. Dakota language - Wikipedia

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    A Dakota-English Dictionary by Stephen Return Riggs is a historic resource for referencing dialect and historic documents. [24] The accuracy of the work is disputed, as Riggs left provisions in the English copy untranslated in the Dakota version and sometimes revised the meaning of Dakota words to fit a Eurocentric viewpoint. [25]

  5. List of demonyms for US states and territories - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina: South Carolinian Sandlapper [55] Spanish: Sudcarolino, sudcarolina South Dakota: South Dakotan Spanish: Sudakotense Tennessee: Tennessean Volunteer, Butternut [56] Big Bender Texas: Texan Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), [57] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic) Spanish: Texano, texanaSpanish: Tejano, tejana Utah: Utahn ...

  6. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Mankato - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word Maḳaṭo, meaning "blue earth". Named for Mankato, Minnesota. Minatare - From the Hidatsa word mirita'ri, meaning "crosses the water." [52] Monowi - Meaning "flower", this town was so named because there were so many wild flowers growing in the vicinity.

  7. List of South Dakota state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Location of the state of South Dakota in the United States of America This is a list of the official state symbols of the U.S. state of South Dakota . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  8. South Dakota - Wikipedia

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    South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population — with nine reservations currently in the state — and has historically dominated the territory. [10] South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.

  9. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    South Carolina: November 12, 1687: Latin via English (ultimately from Frankish) Carolus via Carolana: After King Charles I of England and his son, King Charles II of England. [79] The name Charles itself is derived from Frankish karl, 'man, husband'. [80] South Dakota: November 2, 1867: Sioux/Dakota: dakhóta 'Ally' or 'friend', [66] after the ...