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Siouan languages

Siouan is a language family with 14 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in North America. The largest by number of speakers are Dakota, Lakota, and Crow. 14 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
DakotaCanada, United States25,000Endangered
LakotaCanada, United States25,000Endangered
CrowUnited States3,500Threatened
StoneyCanada1,250Endangered
Ho-ChunkUnited States250Endangered
AssiniboineCanada, United States150Endangered
HidatsaUnited States100Critically Endangered
Omaha-PoncaUnited States85Severely Endangered
CatawbaUnited StatesAwakening
Iowa-OtoUnited StatesAwakening
KansaUnited StatesAwakening
MandanUnited StatesDormant
OsageUnited StatesAwakening
QuapawUnited StatesAwakening

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.