Lakota language
E104445
The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lakota language canonical | 18 |
| Lakota | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855482 — 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: Lakota language Context triple: [Sioux people, traditionalLanguage, Lakota language]
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A.
Dakota language
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Shawnee language
The Shawnee language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Shawnee people, belonging to the Central Algonquian branch and now considered endangered.
- 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: Lakota language Target entity description: The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
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A.
Dakota language
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Shawnee language
The Shawnee language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Shawnee people, belonging to the Central Algonquian branch and now considered endangered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dakota language
ⓘ
Nakota language ⓘ
linked to:
Assiniboine language
|
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRole |
central to Lakota identity
ⓘ
medium of traditional law and customs ⓘ vehicle for transmission of Lakota worldview ⓘ |
| endonym |
Lakȟótiyapi
ⓘ
linked to:
Dakota
|
| ethnicGroup |
Lakota
ⓘ
linked to:
Lakota language
|
| glottocode | lako1247 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
ablaut system ⓘ animacy-based grammar ⓘ aspirated stops ⓘ ceremonial vocabulary ⓘ classifiers in verbs ⓘ complex verb templates ⓘ demonstrative system with distance contrasts ⓘ directional and locative verb prefixes ⓘ ejective consonants ⓘ inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ kinship terminology system ⓘ nasal vowels ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ oral storytelling tradition ⓘ pitch accent ⓘ postpositions ⓘ productive derivational morphology ⓘ pronominal affixes on verbs ⓘ rich set of enclitics and particles ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ switch-reference-like discourse tracking ⓘ verb-final clauses ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | Lakota Language Consortium ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | lkt ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Siouan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Siouan languages
|
| region |
Canadian Prairies
ⓘ
linked to:
Prairie ecozone
Minnesota ⓘ Montana ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus |
subject of active revitalization efforts
ⓘ
supported by community language classes ⓘ supported by language immersion programs ⓘ supported by online learning resources ⓘ taught in some tribal schools ⓘ taught in some universities ⓘ |
| scriptStandardization | modern standardized orthography developed in late 20th century ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lakota people
ⓘ
linked to:
Sioux people
|
| subfamily |
Missouri River Siouan
ⓘ
linked to:
Otoe
|
| usedIn |
ceremonies
ⓘ
contemporary media ⓘ oral histories ⓘ prayers ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lakota language Description of subject: The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Gall (Lakota leader)
subject linked to:
Gall (Lakota leader)
linked to: Lakota language