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In the Sioux Indian language, the word for grandfather is pronounced as "t'ááčhokšiča." The apostrophe represents a glottal stop, which is a brief pause in speech. The "á" is a high tone vowel, and the "č" is pronounced like the "ch" in the English word "church."

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