Editing Sioux language (section)

{{Short description|Siouan language spoken predominantly by the Sioux}}
{{For|specific dialects of the Sioux|Dakota language|Lakota language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Sioux
| nativename       = Dakota, Lakota
| ethnicity        = [[Sioux]]
| states           = United States, Canada
| region           = Northern [[Nebraska]], southern [[Minnesota]], [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], northeastern [[Montana]]; southern [[Manitoba]], southern [[Saskatchewan]]
| speakers         = 25,000<ref>UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger</ref>
| date             = 2015
| ref              = e18
| familycolor      = American
| fam1             = [[Siouan languages|Siouan]]
| fam2             = [[Western Siouan languages|Western Siouan]]
| fam3             = Mississippi Valley
| fam4             = Dakotan
| nation           = United States{{indent|5}}[[South Dakota]]<ref name=SDlegislature_amd126ca />
| iso2             = dak
| lc1              = dak
| ld1              = [[Dakota language|Dakota]]
| lc2              = lkt
| ld2              = [[Lakota language|Lakota]]
| lingua           = 62-AAC-a Dakota
| glotto           = dako1258
| glottoname       = Dakota
| glotto2          = lako1247
| glottoname2      = Lakota
| map              = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption       = {{center|{{small|Sioux is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| dia1             = [[Lakota language|Lakota]]
| dia2             = [[Dakota language|Dakota]]
}}

'''Sioux''' is a [[Siouan language]] spoken by over 30,000 [[Sioux]] in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth most spoken [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous language]] in the United States or Canada, behind [[Navajo language|Navajo]], [[Cree language|Cree]], [[Inuit languages]], and [[Anishinaabe language|Ojibwe]].<ref name="indiglang">{{cite web| publisher=yourdictionary.com| title=Indigenous Languages Spoken in the United States (by Language)| author=Estes, James| date=1999| url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/natlang.html| access-date=2020-05-24| archive-date=2017-07-23| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723113231/http://www.yourdictionary.com/elr/natlang.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="censusCanada">[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= Statistics Canada: 2006 Census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016163022/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |date=2013-10-16 }}</ref>

Since 2019, "the language of the Great Sioux Nation, {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} three dialects, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota" is the official Indigenous language of [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web| publisher=[[Argus Leader]]| title=South Dakota recognizes official indigenous language| author=Kaczke, Lisa| date=March 25, 2019| url=https://eu.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/22/south-dakota-recognizes-official-indigenous-language-governor-noem/3245113002/| access-date=2020-05-24| archive-date=2020-07-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728143643/https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/22/south-dakota-recognizes-official-indigenous-language-governor-noem/3245113002/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=SDlegislature_amd126ca>South Dakota Legislature (2019): [https://sdlegislature.gov/docs/legsession/2019/Amendments/amd126ca.htm Amendment for printed bill 126ca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709163507/http://sdlegislature.gov/docs/legsession/2019/Amendments/amd126ca.htm |date=2019-07-09 }}</ref>