ELP ID
31960
ELP Language
Dakota
Speaker Number
1000-9999
Public Comment
Dakota [dak]: US: 100 (2016 W. Meya). Ethnic population: 170,000 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Includes all ethnic Sioux. Canada: 190 (2016 W. Meya). 2300 L1 speakers of all Sioux dialects in a total population of 175,000, of which 5,000 reside in Canada (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Ethnic population: 5,000 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Includes all ethnic Sioux.Lakota [ltk]: US: 2000 (1997 W. Meya). 2300 L1 speakers of all Sioux dialects in a total population of 175,000. L2 users: 100 in US (2016 W. Meya). Ethnic population: 170,000 (2016 W. Meya). Includes all ethnic Sioux. Total users in all countries: 2200 (as L1: 2,100; as L2: 100). Canada: 100 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Ethnic population: 5000 (2016 Lakota Language Consortium). Includes all ethnic Sioux.
Stoney [sto]: 3160 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3200 (Golla 2007).
Source
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
5490Dakota 290, Lakota 2100, Stoney 3100
Speaker Number Range
1000-9999