Siouan languages | DisamKB

Siouan languages

E58181

Indigenous languages of the Americas language family

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.

Aliases (11)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous languages of the Americas → language family →
alternativeName	Siouan-Catawban language family → Siouan–Catawban languages →
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Biloxi people → Catawba people → Crow people → Dakota people → Hidatsa people → Kansa (Kaw) people → Lakota people → Nakota people → Omaha people → Osage people → Ponca people → Quapaw people → Sioux peoples → Tutelo people → Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people →
geographicDistribution	Canada → Northern Mexico (historically) → United States →
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for many modern orthographies) →
historicallySpokenIn	Great Plains → Midwestern United States → 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	Catawban (Eastern Siouan) languages → Western Siouan languages →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Catawba → Crow ("Siouan language family") → First Nations → Ho-Chunk → Kansa language → Kaw → Kaw Nation → Native Americans → Omaha → Omaha people → Osage Nation → Sioux people → Winnebago →	languageFamily
Crow ("Siouan peoples") → Kaw ("Dhegiha Siouan") → Kaw Nation ("Dhegiha Siouan") → Winnebago ("Siouan peoples") →	subgroupOf
Ho-Chunk language ("Mississippi Valley Siouan") → Siouan languages ("Western Siouan languages") → Siouan languages ("Catawban (Eastern Siouan) languages") →	subfamily
Siouan languages ("Siouan-Catawban language family") →	alternativeName
Hoocąk ("Siouan-speaking peoples") →	culturalContext
Hoocąk ("Siouan language family") →	ethnolinguisticGroup
Ho-Chunk language ("Siouan language family") →	family
Kansa language ("Proto-Siouan") →	hasAncestor
Indigenous peoples of North America →	hasLanguageFamily
Na-Dene ("Siouan") →	isNotGenerallyClassifiedAs
Southeastern Woodlands →	languageFamilies
Catawba ("Eastern Siouan") →	linguisticBranch
Eastern Woodlands ("Siouan-speaking peoples") →	traditionalInhabitants