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Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi [laˈkˣɔtɪjapɪ]), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Lakota is mutually intelligible with the two dialects of the Dakota language, especially Western Dakota, and is one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language.
As the number of first-language Lakota speaker dwindled, Taken Alive began working with Czech linguist Jan Ullrich [] in 2005. [3] Ulrich and Wilhelm Meya formed the Lakota Language Consortium (LLC), originally focusing on Lakota, but later expanding to include other vulnerable and endangered Native American languages, including Ojibwe, Crow, and Gwichʼin. [4]
Sioux language (Lakota, Western Dakota, Eastern Dakota), ... which is the cultural center of the Sioux people. ... It was the largest mass-execution in U.S. history, ...
Globally, there are currently only 2,000 Lakota language speakers, and fewer than 1,000 at Pine Ridge. [117] The age of the average Lakota speaker is 60, making it a "critically endangered" language. [118] [119] In the fall of 2012, a new program was founded to combat the loss of the language and create a young generation of fluent Lakota speakers.
Wilhelm Meya and the Lakota Language Consortium pledged to preserve a Native American language. Their work set off a battle that led the Standing Rock Sioux to banish them.
Albert White Hat (November 18, 1938 – June 13, 2013) was a teacher of the Lakota language, and an activist for Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta traditional culture. He translated the Lakota language for Hollywood movies, including the 1990 movie Dances with Wolves, and created a modern Lakota orthography and textbook.
The Language Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that with an interest in the Lakota language, Assiniboine language, Crow language and the Hidatsa language.. The Language Conservancy is currently focused largely on indigenous languages in the United States.
By 2010 the number of Lakota had increased to more than 170,000, [11] of whom about 2,000 still spoke the Lakota language (Lakȟótiyapi). [ 12 ] After 1720, the Lakota branch of the Seven Council Fires split into two major sects, the Saône, who moved to the Lake Traverse area on the South Dakota–North Dakota–Minnesota border, and the ...