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Sioux language

Sioux is a Siouan language spoken by approximately 13,000 Sioux people 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.

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Dialects
Lakota · Dakota
ELP
Sioux
Ethnicity
Sioux
Glottolog
dako1258 Dakota lako1247 Lakota
ISO 639-2
dak
ISO 639-3
Either: dak – Dakota lkt – Lakota

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Sioux language

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples46
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Sioux language

Top relations

related to Writing systems · 27
Sioux language → Bible, Biblical, By, Christian, Dakota, Dakota Grammar, Dictionary, Dr, European, Eventually, Gideon Pond, Grammar, In, John Marsh, Life, Marguerite, Rev, Riggs, Samuel, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Center
Language family · 4
Sioux language → DakotanSioux, Mississippi ValleyDakotanSioux, Sioux, Western SiouanMississippi ValleyDakotanSioux
Dialects · 2
Sioux language → Dakota, Lakota
Speakers · 2
Sioux language → L1: ~2,100, L2: ~11,000
ELP · 1
Sioux language → Sioux
Ethnicity · 1
Sioux language → Sioux
Glottolog · 1
Sioux language → dako1258 Dakota lako1247 Lakota
ISO 639-2 · 1
Sioux language → dak
ISO 639-3 · 1
Sioux language → Either: dak – Dakota lkt – Lakota
Linguasphere · 1
Sioux language → Dakota 62-AAC-a Dakota

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dakota language sioux lakota languages nakota missionaries dialects siouan also indians linguistics 13 saskatchewan writing north speakers western south riggs

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sioux languageDialectsLakota1.00infobox
Sioux languageDialectsDakota1.00infobox
Sioux languageELPSioux1.00infobox
Sioux languageEthnicitySioux1.00infobox
Sioux languageGlottologdako1258 Dakota lako1247 Lakota1.00infobox
Sioux languageISO 639-2dak1.00infobox
Sioux languageISO 639-3Either: dak – Dakota lkt – Lakota1.00infobox
Sioux languageLanguage familyWestern SiouanMississippi ValleyDakotanSioux1.00infobox
Sioux languageLanguage familyMississippi ValleyDakotanSioux1.00infobox
Sioux languageLanguage familyDakotanSioux1.00infobox
Sioux languageLanguage familySioux1.00infobox
Sioux languageLinguasphereDakota 62-AAC-a Dakota1.00infobox
Sioux languageNative toUnited States, Canada1.00infobox
Sioux languageOfficial language inUnited States South Dakota1.00infobox
Sioux languageRegionNorthern Nebraska, southern Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, northeastern Montana; southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan1.00infobox
Sioux languageSpeakersL1: ~2,1001.00infobox
Sioux languageSpeakersL2: ~11,0001.00infobox

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