Dakota ( Dakota, Sioux ) is an endangered Xiuan language spoken by the Sioux tribes (Dakota (Yankton and Yanktonai), Santi, Sysiton) who live on Fort Peck, Devils Lake, North Rock Standing Rock Reserves Dakota on the Crow Creek, Yankton Reserves of South Dakota , and are somewhat dispersed in the reservation communities in Minnesota , Nebraska in the USA, as well as in Saskatchewan , on the Oak River and Lake in the Long Plain Fest Nation region (west of Birdtail Sioux Fest Nation, Winnipeg , Mus Woods, Stony Wapeton, Standing Buffalo) Manitoba , Canada. There may also be a village of Wood Mountain (Saskatchewan).
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| Self name | Dakhótiyapi, Dakȟótiyapi |
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| Country | Canada , USA |
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| Regions | Manitoba , Minnesota , Nebraska , Saskatchewan , North Dakota , South Dakota |
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- Xiuan languages
- West Ziuans
- Mississippian Ziuans
- Dakota languages
- Sioux
- Dakota
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| GOST 7.75–97 | |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
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| WALS | |
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| Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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| Ethnologue | |
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| Glottolog | |
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Dakota language is written in Latin alphabet .
The following is the alphabet used in the province of Manitoba, Canada [3] .
| A a | B b | Cʼ cʼ | Ch ch | D d | I i | E e | G g | Gh gh | H h | Kh kh |
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| K k | Kʼ kʼ | Ḵ ḵ | M m | N n | Ng ng | O o | P p | Pʼ pʼ | P̱ p | S s |
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| Sh sh | Ṯ ṯ | T t | Tʼ tʼ | U u | W w | Y y | Ẕ ẕ | Z z |
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The dialects Yankton-Yanktonai and Santi-Sisseton [4] can also be written in the alphabet for the Lakota language [5] [6] .
| A a | Aŋ aŋ | B b | Č č | Čh čh | Č 'čʼ | E e | G g | Ǧ ǧ | H h | Ȟ ȟ | I i | Iŋ iŋ |
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| / a / | / ã / | / b / | / t͡ʃ / | / t͡ʃʰ / | / t͡ʃʼ / | / e / | / g / | / ʁ / | / h / | / χ / | / i / | / ĩ / |
| K k | Kh kh | Kȟ kȟ | K 'k' | L l | M m | N n | O o | P p | Ph ph | Pȟ pȟ | P 'p' |
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| / k / | / kʰ / | / kᵡ / | / k '/ | / l / | / m / | / n / | / o / | / p / | / pʰ / | / pᵡ / | / p '/ |
| S s | Š š | T t | Th th | Tȟ tȟ | T 't' | U u | Uŋ uŋ | W w | Y y | Z z | Ž ž | '' |
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| / s / | / ʃ / | / t / | / tʰ / | / tᵡ / | / t '/ | / u / | / ũ / | / w / | / j / | / z / | / ʒ / | / ʔ / |
| Aa aa | Ee ee | Ii ii | Oo oo | Uu uu | Aŋaŋ aŋaŋ | Iŋiŋ iŋiŋ | Uŋuŋ uŋuŋ |
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| / aː / | / eː / | / iː / | / oː / | / uː / | / ãː / | / ĩː / | / ũː / |
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- The letters á , é , í , ó , ú are used [7] .