4 ms·

It happens in some of the plains tribal languages. One of my female bosses at a grant program learned to speak her native language from her uncles. Her female

It happens in some of the plains tribal languages. One of my female bosses at a grant program learned to speak her native language from her uncles. Her female relatives tease her about speaking like a man.

clsec 5y ago
Yes, in Lakota men and women speak differently. My mom used to laugh at women (usually non-Lakota) who would speak like men.
- protomyth 5y ago
  She speaks Dakota. I'm pretty sure that includes Nakota speakers as well.
  - clsec 5y ago
    Yes. The difference between the dialects of Lakota, Nakota & Dakota is that the L's in Lakota are replaced by N's and D's in their respective dialects.
    - protomyth 5y ago
      There is a bit of word drift too.