Yanktonai Vocab Builder

Build your Yanktonai Dakota vocabulary with the Fort Peck Language and Culture Department’s FREE vocabulary game for your phone or iPad. Quiz yourself every day to learn different categories – wild animals, food, drinks, and more! The app includes:

> Dozens of culturally-relevant categories designed by Yanktonai Dakota speakers
> Audio pronunciation and visual aid for each word in the category
> Quiz yourself by matching English words to Yanktonai Dakota words, and vice versa
> Progress through levels to unlock new words
> Keep on making progress to unlock traditional songs recorded with the Fort Peck Singers
> Review words you’ve learned by category or activity

After downloading and opening the app, get familiar with written Yanktonai Dakota with our audio-visual pronunciation guide. Then choose ‘Download New Words’ to get started on learning Yanktonai Dakota vocab!

Whether you are learning on your own, or taking a beginner’s Yanktonai Dakota class, Yanktonai Dakota Vocab Builder will build your confidence in using the language!

Designed for learning that is memorable and fun! Each word you match correctly increases your score, and each level you finish unlocks a new one! Words that are not matched correctly are repeated until you master them. This repetition method is an effective learning strategy.

About the Fort Peck Language and Culture Department
The Fort Peck Language and Culture Department is committed to the restoration and revitalization of the Nakoda and Yanktonai Dakota languages and cultures. This initiative serves as the active venue for addressing the complex family, educational, spiritual, cultural, health, and societal issues facing the people of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

We work hard to produce more and more language-learning products. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please send us an email at [email protected]