Sioux language
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Sioux is a Siouan language.
Regional variation
Sioux has 3 major regional varieties, with various sub-lects:
- Santee (a.k.a. Dakota)
- * Santee
- * Sisseton
- Yankton (a.k.a. Yankton-Yanktonai, Nakota)
- * Yankton
- * Yanktonai
- Lakota (a.k.a. Lakhota, Teton, Teton Sioux)
- * Northern Lakota
- * Southern Lakota
See also
External links
- [Dakota/Lakota Sioux Language]
- [Our Languages: Dakota, Nakota, Lakota] (Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre)
Bibliography
- DeMallie, Raymond J. (2001). Sioux until 1850. In R. J. DeMallie (Ed.), Handbook of North American Indians: Plains (Vol. 13, Part 2, pp. 718-760). W. C. Sturtevant (Gen. Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-050400-7.
- Parks, Douglas R.; & Rankin, Robert L. (2001). The Siouan languages. In Handbook of North American Indians: Plains (Vol. 13, Part 1, pp. 94-114). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
- de Reuse, Willem J. (1987). One hundred years of Lakota linguistics (1887-1987). Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 12, 13-42. (Online version: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/handle/1808/509).
- de Reuse, Willem J. (1990). A supplementary bibliography of Lakota languages and linguistics (1887-1990). Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 15 (2), 146-165. (Studies in Native American languages 6). (Online version: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/handle/1808/441).
- Rood, David S.; & Taylor, Allan R. (1996). Sketch of Lakhota, a Siouan language. In Handbook of North American Indians: Languages (Vol. 17, pp. 440-482). Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution.
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