Sioux language continuum

E456507

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