Dakota

Native American language
Intangible natural_language Q530384
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Summary

Dakota is a natural language[1]. Dakota draws 3,518 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #183 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dakota is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Dakota is in the country of United States[4].
  • Dakota's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Dakota's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Dakota is a type of Sioux[7].
  • Dakota's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Dakota's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dakota language[9].
  • Dakota's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3100'}[10].
  • Dakota's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'dak', 'text': "Dakhód'iapi"}[11].
  • Dakota's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'dak', 'text': 'Dakȟótiyapi'}[12].
  • Dakota's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'dak', 'text': 'Daḳotiapi'}[13].
  • Dakota's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[14].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as Minnesota[15].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as Montana[16].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as North Dakota[17].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as Nebraska[18].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as South Dakota[19].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as Manitoba[20].
  • Dakota's indigenous to is recorded as Saskatchewan[21].
  • Dakota's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/DAK[22].
  • Dakota's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 7 Shifting[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Dakota is a type of Sioux[7].

Why It Matters

Dakota draws 3,518 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #183 of 734).[2] Dakota has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Dakota is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · BobEsponja1002 · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'en', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'functions', 'fy', 'gl', 'it', 'ja',
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+3100'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 9,244"
  2. 19d ago · Tuwe waƞżi · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'dak', 'text': "Dakhód'iapi"}, {'lang': 'dak', 'text': 'Dakȟótiyapi'}, {'lang': 'dak', 'text': 'Daḳotiapi'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Daḳotiapi"
  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dakota-language
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dakota-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924316|dakota language (#289924316)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ethnologue language status → 7 Shifting
    Country → —
    Indigenous to → Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota +4
    Instance of → natural language, modern language
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007540970905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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