Lakota

Facts

  • Language: Lakota
  • Alternate names: Lakhota, Lakȟótiyapi, Teton
  • Language code: lkt
  • Language family: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dakota (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 2000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Lakota (Teton) is one of 3 major dialects of Sioux, a cover term for the varieties of the Dakotan dialect complex other than Assiniboine and Stoney.