Dakota language

E100987

Native American language Siouan language indigenous language of North America

The Dakota language is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) people of the Northern Plains region of North America.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Dakota language canonical	21
Eastern Dakota dialect	2
Mahkato (Dakota word meaning “blue earth”)	1
Nakota language	1
Sisseton Dakota	1
Sisseton dialect	1
Yanktonai dialect	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ Siouan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alternativeName	Dakȟótiyapi ⓘ Eastern Sioux language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
branch	Siouan languages ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Valley Siouan
closelyRelatedTo	Lakota language ⓘ Assiniboine language ⓘ surface form: Nakota language
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	central to Dakota identity ⓘ vehicle for traditional Dakota knowledge ⓘ
endangeredStatus	threatened ⓘ
ethnicity	Dakota ⓘ
family	Siouan languages ⓘ surface form: Siouan language family
glottocode	dako1258 ⓘ
hasDialect	Santee dialect ⓘ Dakota language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sisseton dialect Yankton dialect ⓘ Dakota language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yanktonai dialect
hasOrganizationSupport	language programs in Minnesota ⓘ tribal colleges in the Dakotas ⓘ
hasOrthography	standardized Latin-based orthographies ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich system of verb morphology ⓘ
historicalRegion	Manitoba ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ
ISO639-2	dak ⓘ
ISO639-3	dak ⓘ
languageFamily	Siouan languages ⓘ surface form: Siouan
partOf	Sioux language continuum ⓘ
region	Canada ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Plains United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
revitalization	subject of language revitalization programs ⓘ
spokenBy	Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Dakota people Wahpeton Dakota ⓘ surface form: Eastern Sioux
subfamily	Sioux language ⓘ
taughtAt	universities in the Upper Midwest ⓘ
typology	agglutinative language ⓘ
usedIn	education programs in tribal communities ⓘ oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sioux people → traditionalLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nakota language

Dakota War of 1862 → participant → Dakota language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sisseton Dakota

Siouan languages → majorLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Ho-Chunk language → relatedLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Minnesota River → nameLanguageOrigin → Dakota language ⓘ

Dakota → language → Dakota language ⓘ

Dakota language → hasDialect → Dakota language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sisseton dialect

Dakota language → hasDialect → Dakota language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yanktonai dialect

Lakota language → closelyRelatedTo → Dakota language ⓘ

Standing Rock Indian Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Eastern Dakota → traditionalLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Eastern Dakota → languageVariety → Dakota language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Dakota dialect

Eastern Dakota → autonymLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Mdewakanton Dakota → language → Dakota language ⓘ

Little Crow → languageSpoken → Dakota language ⓘ

Taoyateduta → nativeLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Wabasha III → nativeLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

Mankato (Dakota leader) → language → Dakota language ⓘ

Big Eagle → language → Dakota language ⓘ

Wahpeton Dakota → hasLanguage → Dakota language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Dakota dialect

Mankato, Minnesota → namedAfter → Dakota language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahkato (Dakota word meaning “blue earth”)

Stoney Nakoda → closelyRelatedTo → Dakota language ⓘ

Stoney language → closelyRelatedTo → Dakota language ⓘ

Biloxi language → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Dakota language ⓘ

Assiniboine language → closelyRelatedTo → Dakota language ⓘ

Yankton Sioux → language → Dakota language ⓘ