ISO 639-3 · lktlkt
Hoka-Sioux family
Lakota
Lakȟótiyapi
Lakota is a language of the Dakotan branch (Hoka-Sioux), spoken in Canada and United States. Wikidata counts about 2,000 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lkt- Glottocode
lako1247- Family
- Hoka-Sioux
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 44 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lakota · Lakȟótiyapi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lakhota, Teton Sioux, Teton, Lakota language, lkt |
| All speakers | 2,000 (2016) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Hoka-Sioux to Lakota
The branches above Lakota, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Canada
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