Sioux Native LanguageOriginally the Sioux spoke the same language. Over the centuries as they expanded their territories, this language began to evolve into three major dialects. Lakota in the West, Nakota in the middle, and Dakota in the East. Dakota and Lakota are the main languages and are very closely related that a lot of linguists consider them dialects of the same language. A close example of how similar Dakota and Lakota are is the similarity between British and American. Sioux Native Americans that speak Dakota and Lakota can mostly always understand what each other are saying.
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