Lakota Grammar Handbook 2nd Edition

I have only had my handbook for a short time. It is very well-organized and nicely illustrated. I have studied several other languages, but this one will be a real challenge.

I got this grammar book out of interest for grammar in Native American languages. I wasn't really planning to learn it, but after seeing how accessible the explanations are, I might give it a try. If you're interested in linguistics of any variety or just want to learn the language, this is easily one of the best grammar books I've seen so far.

I leafed through the book and at first glance I could see it is well organized, with a colorful and pleasant look which will help learning Lakota be more fun. A perfect learning medium.

I expected for a good book, but it isn't. It's much much much much more than that. It's wonderful, complete, understandable, precise and definite. Rich of examples and variations for various situation formal or casual. Fundamental for all students and essential for those who want to learn Lakota seriously, even for me I know little english. And the price? Very little compared to the value of the book. Congratulations and thank you. Philámayayapi

Excellent and user-friendly!

I have always struggled with grammar , even in English, so this book will be a tough one for me, but it's the best I have seen, not since doing an online course have I seen this in depth in grammar in Lakota, I wish there was more online courses that offered Lakota language teaching but not so expensive that we can't do it, This book is a great way to start,

The exercises in this book almost start immediately with ablaut. I think I feel more comfortable using ablaut now in a few exercises than I have in many years trying to understand it from many different books. I am very excited to continue with this well formatted and informative book. Thank you Jan Ullrich and Ben Black Bear, Jr. Thank you to all the elders, students, and many others who have helped to make this an answered prayer.

Hard for me to follow so far. I need more time. Maybe I need someone who knows the languages to learn from and practice with. If my health, which is not good, holds out I can travel to Standing Rock this summer to immerse myself. Great Power willing.

This publication is one of the better language grammar learning products. This book exceeds all expectations in language learning from the levels of intermediate to advanced. Accurate sentence syntax is important. With that said, I noted that the sentences leaned towards the English language and not exact language translation. As a linguistics tutor at a local college, it is imperative that students learn the exact language syntax. As I do not have the Lakota keyboard at this time, I will show you what I mean. For example: Hoksila kin thapa wan yuha. Literal Translation: Boy the a ball has. I have found that in many languages articles are not included and there are some words that have no literal translation. What I am saying is this, in order for a language to fully be learned and understood, literal translation is needed in order for the brain to understand the complexity of any language. Now to take the sting out of my comment. This book is wonderful in every way shape it was created. This book exceeds my hopes in learning the Lakota language. For years I have been trying to learn and now I have that chance. In the future, I would love to see a book with Lakota language grammar basics. Something with numbers, colors, animals, plants, fish names and simple sentence formulations. I cannot thank you enough for working so hard to publish this book and making it possible for everyone to purchase a copy. In my eyes it is worth every penny. Again thank you for a wonderful Lakota grammar book.