Dakot languages are a group of closely related languages of the Xiuang family . Distributed in the USA and Canada .
| Dakota languages | |
|---|---|
| Taxon | Group |
| Ancestral home | land west of lake. Michigan (pc. Minnesota and Wisconsin ) |
| Area | USA , Canada |
| Number of carriers | ~ 28 thousand people |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of North America |
Xiwan family
| |
| Composition | |
| 3 languages | |
| Language group codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-5 | - |
Include three languages:
- siu (dakota) language with dialects santi-sisseton, yankton-yanktonai, teton (lakota)
- Assiniboine - 150-200 people in Saskatchewan and Montana
- stoney ([Isga Iʔabi]) - 1-1.5 thousand people in southern and central Alberta
The self-names of all three languages are formed from one word with a difference in reflexes of one Pradakot sound * R. It was previously believed that this group consists of one language, including 3 dialects in accordance with these reflexes:
- Dakota (= Santi Sisseton and Yankton),
- Lakota (= teton)
- Nakoda (assiniboine, stony and yanktonai).
However, recent studies have shown that, on the one hand, the dialects Santi-Sisseton, Yankton-Yanktonai and Teton are really mutually understood and belong to the same language, on the other hand, Assiniboin and Stony turned out to be two separate languages. Moreover, the yankton-yanktonai never call themselves Nakhóta , but use the same reflex as Santi - Dakhóta [ ɖakhóta ].