Lakota

Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes
Language language Q33537
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Lakota is a language [1]. It is spoken in Canada [2].

Lakota

Summary

Lakota is a language[1]. Lakota ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lakota is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Lakota is in the country of United States[4].
  • Lakota's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Lakota's instance of is recorded as natural language[6].
  • Lakota's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Lakota is a type of Sioux[8].
  • Lakota's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Lakota's Wikimedia language code is recorded as lkt[10].
  • Lakota's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lakota language[11].
  • Lakota's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2000'}[12].
  • Lakota's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1290'}[13].
  • Lakota's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lkt', 'text': 'Lakȟótiyapi'}[14].
  • Lakota's different from is recorded as Sioux[15].
  • Lakota's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[16].
  • Lakota's indigenous to is recorded as Saskatchewan[17].
  • Lakota's indigenous to is recorded as Montana[18].
  • Lakota's indigenous to is recorded as North Dakota[19].
  • Lakota's indigenous to is recorded as Nebraska[20].
  • Lakota's indigenous to is recorded as South Dakota[21].
  • Lakota's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LKT[22].
  • Lakota's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8a Moribund[23].
  • Lakota's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[24].
  • Lakota's linguistic typology is recorded as active–stative language[25].
  • Lakota's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Lakota-language films[26].

Why It Matters

Lakota ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,192 views/month).[2] Lakota has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Lakota is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: 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.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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