Sioux language

Sioux is a Siouan language spoken by over 30,000 Sioux in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth most spoken Indigenous language in the United States or Canada, behind Navajo, Cree, Inuit languages, and Ojibwe.[4][5]

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Sioux
Dakota, Lakota
Native to	United States, Canada
Region	Northern Nebraska, southern Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, northeastern Montana; southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
Native speakers	25,000[1] (2015)[2]
Language family	Siouan Western Siouan Mississippi Valley Dakotan Sioux
Official status
Official language in	United States South Dakota[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`dak`
ISO 639-3	Either: `dak` – Dakota `lkt` – Lakota
Glottolog	`dako1258` Dakota `lako1247` Lakota
ELP	Sioux
Linguasphere	`62-AAC-a Dakota`

Since 2019, "the language of the Great Sioux Nation, comprised of three dialects, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota" is the official Indigenous language of South Dakota.[6][3]

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