Also Known As:
Lakhota, Lakȟótiyapi, Teton
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Lakota grammar. Sentence number 1. Subject : plural.
Languages used : Lakota, french, english
Lakota sentence, Lakota grammar. Used languages: Lakota, French, English, Chinese.
Lakota grammar. Sentence number 7. Subject : plural.
Languages used : Lakota, French, Spanish
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2200
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Bibliography of Locations:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.