Also known as: Dakhótiyapi, Santee-Sisseton
The eastern Siouan language closely related to Lakota. Spoken by the Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton, and Yankton communities across Minnesota, the Dakotas, and southern Manitoba.
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Dakota is a dialect of the Dakota language.
Dakota is primarily spoken in United States, Canada.
Dakota is part of the North America region on DialectAtlas.
Yes — Dakota is also referred to as Dakhótiyapi, Santee-Sisseton.
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A highly divergent Siouan language of the upper Missouri River, latterly spoken on the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. Died with Edwin Benson in 2016, after Indrek Park's multi-year documentation with him; heritage teaching continues within the MHA Nation.
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The French variety of the Métis Nation of the Canadian Prairies. Distinct from Quebec and Acadian French; not to be confused with Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the same communities.
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A Western Siouan language spoken across the Sioux nations of the Great Plains, with major communities at Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing Rock. Distinct from Dakota in core vocabulary and pronouns.
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A Plains Algonquian language of the Northern and Southern Cheyenne tribes, in Montana and Oklahoma. Around 1,700 speakers; subject of substantial linguistic documentation since the 19th century.
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The broad accent associated with national US broadcasting and most of the inland north and west. A reference point rather than a single regional variety.
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The largest Ojibwe variety, spoken across Ontario, Manitoba, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. An Algonquian language with a continuous oral tradition and recent literary growth.