Siouan family
Lakota
1500 CE – today Living
Lakota (1500 CE – today) is a living Siouan language. Lineage: Proto-Siouan → Lakota.
See Lakota on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2K (2,000)
- ISO 639-3
- lkt
- Glottocode
- lako1247
Western (Teton) Sioux, of the Mississippi Valley Siouan branch. Forms a dialect continuum with Dakota.
Lineage
- Proto-Siouanc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
- Lakota1500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Siouan.