Who did I meet anyway!?

[Isnala Nawajin Wi]

I met someone at the Veteran's Pow-Wow the other weekend who was chatting with me about the similarities of Tutelo and Lakota. She wanted to start interjecting with others using the Oglala Lakota Institute cirriculum and tapes. I think it was Linda Carter, but my memory is shot. I was introduced by Fred Sigmund. If you are out there, please respond, I am interested in speaking with you further. Thanks1

[Linda]

That was me. Which pow wow was that? The one as Upper Mattaponi or Ft. Lee?

[redfox]

The lakota language have tapes that can be checked out at local libaries. The language has guteral sounds and if you have not grown up with these sounds will be hard to pronounce but still sounds like a good idea. My hunka family are lakota and I am trying to learn the language.

[Linda]

I've been trying to study Tutelo for several years, but there are only 300 or so words left and I can't make heads or tails of the linguist-eze concerning the grammar. My theory is to study Lakhota, which is as close to Tutelo as any living language, and by that I will get a little closer to the Tutelo.

I've been enjoying it a lot. The first word in the book was ate - father, is the same as Tutelo. The root word ti - to live - is the same root in tipi as ati (house in Tutelo). 'Thank you' in Lakhota is pilamaya ye, in Tutelo it's bila huk. The really nice thing is how much better, and right, the Tutelo sounds pronouncing it with a Lakhota pronunciation, than an English accent. My impression is that the languages are as similar as say French is to Italian or Spanish. I'm no linguist, of course, that's just my take on it.

[itconani]

hau!
good luck girls!
linda - i just got hales dictionary yesterday as a present. its pretty cool and shows english tutelo and tutelo english with reference to Dakota comparisons and hidatsa. it also refreshed my memory on ofo and biloxi references.

[Linda]

If anybody else is interested in this project, let me know.

[Tom]

Hello All, yes Iam very interested in this.
A friend of mine is a very good linguist, and after I can locate the most current sources for Tutelo he and I will try to get more words from the existing 300, aswell he has some very rare material on SAponi etc, so he thought that by going back into the old Ofo , Biloxi and several other close languages using Tutelo etc "rules" that the language can be re-invented.
Several years ago this was done with the Chitimachas in Louisiana,and after reintroducing 1000 words the kids are now delivering Christmas plays in their own language!
All the BEst in the NEw year Tom.

[Linda]

That's great! Weren't you trying to get ahold of the Oliverio book? "A Grammar and Dictionary of Tutelo" by Giulia R. M. Oliverio. The Bell & Howell Information Company, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 handles it. They have it on microform or something and print it up for you on order.

313-761-4700 or 800-521-0600. It took some persistence for them to find the item when I called. if you have any trouble let me know.

[Red Buffalo]

LINDA
You say ATE - Father , You know in the Phillipines the language is called tagalog and Ate is the word for Sister. Makes you wander where some of these words come from.
Red Buffalo