Primarily North Dakota and South Dakota, but also northern Nebraska, southern Minnesota; Northern Montana; southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
Ethnicity
Dakota Santee, Sisseton, Yankton, Yanktonai
Native speakers
290 (2016)[1]
Language family
Siouan
Western Siouan
Mississippi Valley Siouan
Dakotan
Sioux
Dakota
Language codes
ISO 639-2
dak
ISO 639-3
dak
Glottolog
dako1258
Dakota is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Dakota "ally / friend"
People
Dakȟóta Oyáte
Language
Dakȟótiyapi
Country
Dakȟóta Makóce, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
The Dakota language (Dakota: Dakhód'iapi, Dakȟótiyapi), also referred to as Dakhóta, is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, commonly known in English as the Sioux. Dakota is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the Lakota language. It is definitely endangered, with only around 290 fluent speakers left out of an ethnic population of almost 250,000.
The Dakotalanguage (Dakota: Dakhód'iapi, Dakȟótiyapi), also referred to as Dakhóta, is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ...
word Dakota means "ally or friend" in the Dakotalanguage, and their autonyms include Ikčé Wičhášta ("Indian people") and Dakhóta Oyáte ("Dakota people")...
Navajo, Cree, Inuit languages, and Ojibwe. Since 2019, "the language of the Great Sioux Nation, comprised of three dialects, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota"...
Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakotalanguage, especially...
population spoke English as their primary language. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2012, South Dakota has an estimated population of 833,354...
Assiniboine—is a member of the Dakota subgroup of the Mississippi Valley grouping of the Siouan languages. The Dakotan languages constitute a dialect continuum...
Reservation Dogs. He is a Dakotalanguage-instructor, writer, artist, and actor. Dallas Goldtooth was born on May 3, 1983. He is Dakota, Dine, Hochunk and German...
North Dakota ( /dəˈkoʊtə/ də-KOH-tə) is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian...
Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa bands of the Dakota Oyate," as well as the Hunkpatina Dakota (Lower Yanktonai). The Ihanktonwana Dakota are the Upper Yanktonai, part...
wooden poles. The loanword came into English usage from the Dakotalanguage and Lakota language. Historically, the tipi has been used by certain Indigenous...
Mutually intelligible with Dakotalanguage There are about 6,000 speakers in the Northern Plain States of North Dakota and South Dakota. Most native speakers...
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for playing the daughter of an intellectually...
South Dakota (/dəˈkoʊtə/ də-KOH-tə; Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga, pronounced [daˈkˣota iˈtokaga]) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United...
the nation's many language dialects. Before the 17th century, the Santee Dakota (Isáŋyathi; "Knife" also known as the Eastern Dakota) lived around Lake...
German language at home. It is the second most spoken language in North Dakota (1.39% of its population) and is the third most spoken language in 16 other...
the Lake Traverse Reservation (Dakota: Sisíthuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ oyáte[1]), formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation, is a federally recognized...
Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota The Assiniboine language (Nakota), the Dakotalanguage and the Lakota language are usually classified into...
Turned capital T and turned small t were used in transcriptions of the Dakotalanguage in publications of the American Board of Ethnology in the late 19th...
solitary most of the time and, according to Erik K. Fritzell's study in North Dakota in 1978, males in areas with low population densities are solitary as well...
ʞ : Turned capital and small k were used in transcriptions of the Dakotalanguage in publications of the American Board of Ethnology in the late 19th...
The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War,...
The Dakotas, also known as simply Dakota, is a collective term for the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota. It has been used historically to...
Rochester, and St. Cloud. Minnesota, which gets its name from the Dakotalanguage, has been inhabited by various Indigenous peoples since the Woodland...
Creek Indian Reservation (Dakota: Khąǧí wakpá okášpe, Lakota: Kȟaŋğí Wakpá Oyáŋke), home to Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (Dakota: Khąǧí wakpá oyáte) is located...
area was long inhabited by the Santee or Eastern Dakota Sioux. The lake was known after its Dakota-language name, Okoboozhy, meaning reeds and rushes. The...
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