Sioux language

Sioux
Dakota, Lakota
Native toUnited States, Canada
RegionNorthern Nebraska, southern Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, northeastern Montana; southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
EthnicitySioux
Native speakers
25,000[1] (2015)[2]
Siouan
Dialects
Official status
Official language in
 United States
      South Dakota[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-2dak
ISO 639-3Either:
dak – Dakota
lkt – Lakota
Glottologdako1258  Dakota
lako1247  Lakota
ELPSioux
LinguasphereDakota 62-AAC-a Dakota
Sioux is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Sioux is a Siouan language spoken by over 30,000 Sioux in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth most spoken Indigenous language in the United States or Canada, behind Navajo, Cree, Inuit languages, and Ojibwe.[4][5]

Since 2019, "the language of the Great Sioux Nation, comprised of three dialects, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota" is the official Indigenous language of South Dakota.[6][3]

  1. ^ UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
  2. ^ Dakota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Lakota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b South Dakota Legislature (2019): Amendment for printed bill 126ca Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Estes, James (1999). "Indigenous Languages Spoken in the United States (by Language)". yourdictionary.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 2006 Census Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Kaczke, Lisa (March 25, 2019). "South Dakota recognizes official indigenous language". Argus Leader. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.

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