Sioux languages
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Original distribution area of the Sioux languages in North America
The Sioux languages (also commonly referred to as Dakota in American ; compare Dakhóta dialect ) form a genetic language family of North American indigenous peoples . Many of these languages are considered endangered . In total there are around 25,000 people worldwide who feel they belong to this language family because of their mother tongue.
languages
An important language of this family is the Lakota language . In addition to the Dakota , Nakota and Lakota , which together are often referred to as Sioux , the following other Indian peoples belong to the Sioux languages:
See also
literature
- Ernst Kausen: The language families of the world. Part 2: Africa - Indo-Pacific - Australia - America. Buske, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-87548-656-8 . (Chapter 12)
Web links
Scientific databases
- Sioux languages in the Ethnologue (English)
- Sioux languages in the World Atlas of Language Structures Online (English)
Popular science homepages
Organizations
- Lakota Language Consortium (organization for the revitalization of the Lakota language) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Subdivision of the Siouan-Catawban language family (14) on ethnologue.com, accessed on August 2, 2015.