Nakoda language

E949901

The Nakoda language is an Indigenous Siouan language of the Stoney Nakoda people of the Canadian Plains, closely related to other Dakota and Nakota dialects.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nakoda language canonical 6
Stoney Nakoda language 5
Nakota language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ
alternateName Stoney Nakoda language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language

Stoney language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalSignificance key marker of Stoney Nakoda identity ⓘ
vehicle for traditional knowledge ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Stoney Nakoda people ⓘ
family Siouan language family ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
hasDialects varieties spoken in different Stoney Nakoda communities ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature animacy distinctions ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ
rich system of verbal affixes ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPhonology contrastive nasal vowels ⓘ
series of oral stops ⓘ
hasSpeakers adult speakers ⓘ
elder speakers ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
tends toward SOV or SVO ⓘ
ISO639-3Code sto ⓘ
languageBranch Western Siouan ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
partOf Siouan–Catawban language family ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
region Canadian Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
relatedTo Assiniboine language ⓘ
Dakota language ⓘ
Nakota dialects ⓘ
Stoney language ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community language programs ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ
school-based instruction ⓘ
spokenIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
statusInCanada Indigenous minority language ⓘ
subfamily Dakota–Lakota–Nakota ⓘ
usedBy Stoney Nakoda communities ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stoney Nakoda → alternativeName → Nakoda language ⓘ
Great Sioux Nation → includesLanguage → Nakota language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Standing Rock → isAssociatedWith → Nakota language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Chiniki First Nation → primaryLanguage → Stoney Nakoda language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Treaty 7 territory → hasLanguageTraditions → Nakoda language ⓘ
Morley dialect → subdivisionOf → Stoney Nakoda language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Big Horn dialect → subdivisionOf → Stoney Nakoda language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Big Horn dialect → partOf → Stoney Nakoda dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Îyârhe Nakoda language → alternateName → Stoney Nakoda language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language
Îyârhe Nakoda language → alternateName → Nakoda language ⓘ
Nakoda language → alternateName → Stoney Nakoda language ⓘ
linked to: Nakoda language