Within the Siouan Proper there are four dialects {Dakota, Lakota (Teton), Nakoda (Hohenakota) and Nakota (Assiniboine)}. Each of these 4 dialects have slight differences, not enough to prevent them from understanding each other. But a pure royal pain for an outsider who attempts to learn this ancient tongue. Imagine if you can 4 people, 1 each from, Boston, Baton Rouge, Kansas City and Maui. They may be speaking the same language, but it sure doesn't sound like it. In (3) three of the dialects the sound of "L" never occurs, But in Teton all "D's" and some of the "N's" and "Å's" are changed into "L". Thus Dakota becomes Lakota and Ni'na {very} becomes Lila. In the Dakota if the "Å" is preceded by a vowel and ends the word or is followed by a consonant it is pronounced as “NG” as in sing or wing, furthermore "Å" always closes a vowel. In the Nakota all "N's" or "Å's" after a vowel are deleted unless proceeding another vowel and all "P's" are changed to "B's" thus Nunpa (which is the numeral 2) becomes Nuba and Wiåyaå (meaning Woman) becomes Wiya...

In the Dakota Dialect, the position of the accent is extremely important. A misplaced accent is just as bad as a mispronounced letter. In fact a change of accent will change the meaning of the word. As in ma'¥a, which means field and ma¥a, which means goose. Most words within the Dakota Dialect are accented on the second syllable, and as such are not marked. One of the exceptions to this are words commencing with "wo" which are almost, always accented on the first syllable, and as such are not marked. But if the second syllable is accented the meaning will change, as in wokasdata which is a verb and means "to stick in" as in a splinter and woka'sdata which means splintered...

Dividing a word into syllables is very basic, with a few minor exceptions every vowel will end that syllable.
Some of the exceptions are:
1: The letter "å" always ends that syllable.
2: If the letter "n" is proceeded by a vowel and followed by a consonant, it will end that syllable.
3: Creating a contraction with the word "ya" {cause} will make the proceeding vowel end in a consonant.
Thus by combining çepa {fat} and ya {cause} you will get çemya {to fatten or to make fat}.
And by combining Ipi¥a {boil} and ya {cause} you will get Ipihya {cause to boil}.
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The assembly and creation of the simple sentence containing just the subject and a predicate is exactly the same as in English.
Where the subject has qualifying words, those words will follow the subject.
When the predicate has qualifiers they will immediately precede the verb, but follow the subject.
When the verb has an object it will proceed the verb, but follow the subject.
Where the object has qualifying words, those words will follow the object.

This electronic dictionary will mainly follow the Saåtee Isaåti Dialect, since this is the dialect that I am familiar with. Isaåti (Dakota), {also known as Mil'la (to the Lakota), Mina (to the Nakoda) and Mia (to the Nakota)} is the name of the Dakotas who live in Minnesota and/or on the Mississippi or Missouri rivers.
Why this name was given to them by their brethren is a matter of conjecture. But, perhaps it was because they lived with and traded with the Isaåtaåka (The Big Knives) IE The Americans...

Pronunciation Guide
There are no letters for the English "f, q, r, v or x".
These five letters do not exist within the Oçeti Íakowiå lexicon
Furthermore the "L" only exists within the Lakota Dialect

.a.	The "a" found in father	.¶.	an exploded "kuh" not found in English
.á	"uh" ie the "a" found in alone or atone	.l	The "l" found in last or love
.b	The "b" found in boy or browbeat	.m	The "m" found in man or mail
.c	The "ch" found in chair or church	.n	The "n" found in new or nasty
.ç	an exploded "chuh" not found in English	.å	The nasal "ng" found in sing or fling
.d	The "d" found in dam or dog	.o	The "o" found in oak, poke or soak
.e	The "e" found in prey or they	.p	The "p" found in pink or poke
.é	The "e" found in beat or easy	.¢	an exploded "puh" not found in English
.è	The "e" found in bet, fret or let	.s	The "s" found in say or state
.g	The "g" found in big or great	.ß	"sh" ie the "s" found in shy or mission
.¥	"dg" ie the "g" found in frigid or ridge	.t	The "t" found in tank or tavern
.h	The "h" found in hat or hair	.™	an exploded "tuh" not found in English
.®	"kh" ie the "ch" found in the German "ach"	.u	"oo" ie found in boot or toot
.i	The "i" found in machine	.w	"wh" ie the "w" found in way or went
.í	The "i" found in kill or Jill	.y	The "y" found in yes or yonder
.j	"sh" as in the "s" found in Fusion	.z	The "z" found in zero or zap
.k	The "k" found in kill or cook	.œ	"zs" as in the "s" found in Pleasure

some Prefixes and Suffixes

ba	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished by a knife or saw, used in a sawing motion
bo	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished by shooting, punching or pounding with a stick or by blowing
ça	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished by striking or by the action of wind or water
ka	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished by striking or by the action of wind or water
ki	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished through the middle of an object
¶e	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is done with the foot or by the action of the weather
na	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished by striking or by the action of wind or water
pa	A prefix for verbs showing that an action is accomplished by the hands or arms
pe	The old suffix for verbal plurality
pi	The suffix added to show plurality in verbs and nouns
Sni	A prefix added to change the meaning to show imperfection
ta	The prefix added to nouns showing the body parts of ruminating animals
wa	The prefix added to a verb that places it into the absolute or intransitive state
wi	The prefix added to verbs starting with "I" placing them into the absolute state
wo	The prefix used to change verbs into abstract nouns
wo	A prefix for verbs starting in "O" showing that an action is accomplished by shooting, punching or pounding
wo	A prefix for nouns or verbs showing an action caused by rain
ya	A prefix added to verbs showing that an action is accomplished by the mouth
ya	A verb used as a contraction added to a noun to change the meaning into made or caused "it" to happen
yu	A prefix added to change the meaning into to make "happen" or to cause "happen"

Abbreviations

A	Indefinite Article	ADJ	Adjective	ADV	Adverb	N	Noun	NP	Proper Noun
PA	Participle	PRE	Preposition	PRO	Pronoun	VI	Imperative Verb	VT	Transitive Verb