Siouan languages
E58181
Siouan languages are a family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken by numerous Native American peoples across the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southeast.
All labels observed (17)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous languages of the Americas
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Siouan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Siouan-Catawban language family
Siouan–Catawban languages ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Biloxi people
ⓘ
Catawba Indian Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Catawba people
Crow people ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ
surface form:
Dakota people
Hidatsa people ⓘ Kansas (Kaw) people ⓘ
surface form:
Kansa (Kaw) people
Sioux people ⓘ
surface form:
Lakota people
Sioux people ⓘ
surface form:
Nakota people
Omaha people ⓘ Osage Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Osage people
Ponca ⓘ
surface form:
Ponca people
Quapaw tribe ⓘ
surface form:
Quapaw people
Sioux people ⓘ
surface form:
Sioux peoples
Tutelo people ⓘ Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Canada
ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Mexico (historically)
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script (for many modern orthographies)
|
| historicallySpokenIn |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| languageBranchOf | Macro-Siouan (hypothetical) ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
primarily head-marking morphology
ⓘ
rich verb morphology ⓘ use of noun incorporation in some languages ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Assiniboine language
ⓘ
Biloxi language ⓘ Catawba language ⓘ Crow language ⓘ Dakota language ⓘ Hidatsa language ⓘ Ho-Chunk language ⓘ Kansa language ⓘ Lakota language ⓘ Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ Osage language ⓘ Quapaw language ⓘ Stoney language ⓘ Tutelo language ⓘ |
| spokenIn | North America ⓘ |
| status |
many languages endangered
ⓘ
several languages extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Siouan languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Catawban (Eastern Siouan) languages
Siouan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Siouan languages
|
Referenced by (108)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dhegiha Siouan
this entity surface form:
Dhegiha Siouan
this entity surface form:
Eastern Siouan
this entity surface form:
Siouan
this entity surface form:
Siouan language family
this entity surface form:
Siouan peoples
this entity surface form:
Siouan-Catawban language family
this entity surface form:
Western Siouan languages
this entity surface form:
Catawban (Eastern Siouan) languages
this entity surface form:
Siouan peoples
this entity surface form:
Siouan language family
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Valley Siouan
this entity surface form:
Siouan-speaking peoples
this entity surface form:
Proto-Siouan
this entity surface form:
Siouan-speaking peoples
this entity surface form:
Siouan language family
this entity surface form:
Siouan language family
this entity surface form:
Siouan
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Valley Siouan
this entity surface form:
Siouan language family
this entity surface form:
Siouan