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Dakota Greeting Selector

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About This Sim

Click the male or female speaker to see the correct Dakota greeting form. In Dakota, men say Háu and women say Haŋ — one of the first things students notice about the language.

Lesson Plan

  • Subject: Dakota Language — Chapter 1
  • Bloom Level: Remember
  • Learning Objective: Students will be able to recall the correct gender-specific greeting (Háu / Haŋ) and use it appropriately.
  • Duration: 5 minutes
  • Prerequisites: None

Discussion Questions

  1. Why might a language have different greetings for different speakers?
  2. How is this different from English greetings?
  3. What does this tell us about how Dakota encodes social relationships?

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