ELP ID
31934
ELP Language
Lakota
Speaker Number
10000-99999
Second Language Speakers
100
Ethnic Population
180,000?
Public Comment
2,000 in United States (1997 W. Meya), increasing. 2,300 L1 speakers of all Sioux dialects in a total population of 175,000. L2 users: 100 in United States (2016 W. Meya). Ethnic population: 170,000 (2016 W. Meya).

Canada: 100 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Ethnic population: 5,000 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Includes all ethnic Sioux.
Source
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
2200
Speaker Number Range
10000-99999