Dakota language
E100987
The Dakota language is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) people of the Northern Plains region of North America.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dakota language canonical | 54 |
| Eastern Dakota dialect | 2 |
| Mahkato (Dakota word meaning “blue earth”) | 1 |
| Nakota language | 1 |
| Sisseton Dakota | 1 |
| Sisseton dialect | 1 |
| Yanktonai dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dakota language Context triple: [Sioux people, traditionalLanguage, Dakota language]
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A.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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B.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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C.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
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D.
Sauk language
The Sauk language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of North America traditionally spoken by the Sauk (Sac) people, closely related to the Fox and Kickapoo languages and now critically endangered.
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E.
Cheyenne language
Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dakota language Target entity description: The Dakota language is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) people of the Northern Plains region of North America.
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A.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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B.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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C.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
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D.
Sauk language
The Sauk language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of North America traditionally spoken by the Sauk (Sac) people, closely related to the Fox and Kickapoo languages and now critically endangered.
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E.
Cheyenne language
Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dakȟótiyapi
ⓘ
Eastern Sioux language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| branch |
Mississippi Valley Siouan
ⓘ
linked to:
Siouan languages
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lakota language
ⓘ
Nakota language ⓘ
linked to:
Assiniboine language
|
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
central to Dakota identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional Dakota knowledge ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Dakota ⓘ |
| family |
Siouan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Siouan languages
|
| glottocode | dako1258 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Santee dialect
ⓘ
Sisseton dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Dakota language
Yankton dialect ⓘ Yanktonai dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Dakota language
|
| hasOrganizationSupport |
language programs in Minnesota
ⓘ
tribal colleges in the Dakotas ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthographies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich system of verb morphology ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Manitoba
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ |
| ISO639-2 | dak ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | dak ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Siouan
ⓘ
linked to:
Siouan languages
|
| partOf | Sioux language continuum ⓘ |
| region |
Canada
ⓘ
Northern Plains ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| revitalization | subject of language revitalization programs ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dakota people
ⓘ
linked to:
Sioux people
Eastern Sioux ⓘ
linked to:
Wahpeton Dakota
|
| subfamily | Sioux language ⓘ |
| taughtAt | universities in the Upper Midwest ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education programs in tribal communities
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dakota language Description of subject: The Dakota language is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) people of the Northern Plains region of North America.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dakota language
linked to: Dakota language
linked to: Dakota language
linked to: Dakota language
linked to: Dakota language
linked to: Dakota language
linked to: Dakota language
subject linked to:
Winona (Dakota legendary figure)
subject linked to:
Minnehaha Falls (name origin via poem’s popularity)