Editing Sioux language (section)

====Phonetic differences====

The following table shows some of the main phonetic differences between the regional varieties of the Sioux language. The table also provides comparison with the two closely related Nakota languages (Assiniboine and Stoney).<ref name="PD">{{Cite journal|last1=Parks|first1=Douglas R.|last2=DeMallie|first2=Raymond J.|date=1992|title=Sioux, Assiniboine, and Stoney Dialects: A Classification|jstor=30028376|journal=Anthropological Linguistics|volume=34|issue=1–4|pages=233–255}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! align="center" colspan="5" width="90"|[[Sioux]]
! colspan="2" width="90" align="center" |[[Nakota]]
! colspan="1" rowspan="3" width="90" align="center" |gloss
|-
! colspan="1" rowspan="2" width="90" align="center" |[[Lakota language|Lakota]]
! align="center" colspan="2" width="180"|Western Dakota
! align="center" colspan="2" width="180"|Eastern Dakota
! rowspan="2" |[[Assiniboine language|Assiniboine]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Stoney language|Stoney]]
|-
! align="center"|Yanktonai
! align="center"|Yankton
! align="center"|Sisseton
! align="center"|Santee
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|Lakȟóta}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|Dakȟóta}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|Dakhóta}}
| align="center"|{{lang|asb|Nakhóta}}
| align="center"|{{lang|sto|Nakhóda}}
| align="center"|self-designation
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|lowáŋ}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|dowáŋ}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|dowáŋ}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|asb|nowáŋ}}
| align="center"|to sing
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|ló}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|dó}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|dó}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|asb|nó}}
| align="center"|assertion
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|čísčila}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|čísčina}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|čístina}}
| align="center"|{{lang|asb|čúsina}}
| align="center"|{{lang|sto|čúsin}}
| align="center"|small
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|hokšíla}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|hokšína}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|hokšína}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|hokšída}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|hokšína}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|hokšín}}
| align="center"|boy
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|gnayáŋ}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|gnayáŋ}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|knayáŋ}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|hnayáŋ}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|knayáŋ}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|hna}}
| align="center"|to deceive
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|glépa}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|gdépa}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|kdépa}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|hdépa}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|knépa}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|hnéba}}
| align="center"|to vomit
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|kigná}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|kigná}}
| align="center"|{{lang|dak|kikná}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|kihná}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|kikná}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|gihná}}
| align="center"|to soothe
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|slayá}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|sdayá}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|sdayá}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|snayá}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|snayá}}
| align="center"|to grease
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|wičháša}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|wičháša}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|wičhášta}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|wičhášta}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|wičhá}}
| align="center"|man
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|kibléza}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|kibdéza}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|kibdéza}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|kimnéza}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|gimnéza}}
| align="center"|to sober up
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|yatkáŋ}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|yatkáŋ}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|yatkáŋ}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|yatkáŋ}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|yatkáŋ}}
| align="center"|to drink
|-
| align="center"|{{lang|lkt|hé}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|hé}}
| align="center" colspan="2"|{{lang|dak|hé}}
| align="center" |{{lang|asb|žé}}
| align="center" |{{lang|sto|žé}}
| align="center"|that
|}