Dakota language

Dakota
Dakhód'iapi, Dakȟótiyapi
Pronunciation	[daˈkʰodʔiapi], [daˈqˣotijapi]
Native to	United States, Canada
Region	Primarily North Dakota and South Dakota, but also northern Nebraska, southern Minnesota; Northern Montana; southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
Ethnicity	Dakota Santee, Sisseton, Yankton, Yanktonai
Native speakers	290 (2016)[1]
Language family	Siouan Western Siouan Mississippi Valley Siouan Dakotan Sioux Dakota
Language codes
ISO 639-2	dak
ISO 639-3	dak
Glottolog	dako1258
Dakota is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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The Dakota language (Dakota: Dakhód'iapi, Dakȟótiyapi), also referred to as Dakhóta, is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, commonly known in English as the Sioux. Dakota is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the Lakota language. It is definitely endangered, with only around 290 fluent speakers left out of an ethnic population of almost 250,000.