Sioux language continuum

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The Sioux language continuum is a group of closely related Siouan languages and dialects spoken by the Sioux peoples of North America, including Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota varieties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sioux language continuum canonical 1
Siouxan dialect continuum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Siouan language
indigenous language of North America
language continuum
closelyRelatedTo Crow language
Hidatsa language
endangeredStatus threatened
hasAlternativeName Dakota–Lakota–Nakota
Siouxan dialect continuum
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV and SVO word order variation
active–stative alignment tendencies
polysynthetic verb structure
use of postpositions
hasPart Assiniboine language
Dakota language
Eastern Dakota dialects
Lakota language
Nakota language
Stoney language
Western Dakota dialects
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich system of verb morphology
hasVariety Eastern Dakota
Lakota
linked to: Lakota language

Nakota
Western Dakota
languageFamily Siouan languages
partOf Siouan language family
linked to: Siouan languages
spokenBy Dakota people
linked to: Sioux people

Lakota people
linked to: Oglala Lakota

Nakota people
linked to: Nakota Sioux

Sioux peoples
linked to: Sioux people
spokenIn Canada
Manitoba
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Saskatchewan
South Dakota
United States
subfamily Mississippi Valley Siouan
linked to: Western Siouan
subjectOf language revitalization programs
linguistic documentation projects
usedFor ceremonial purposes
daily communication in some communities
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Dakota language partOf Sioux language continuum
Sioux language continuum hasAlternativeName Siouxan dialect continuum
linked to: Sioux language continuum