Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi)

Lakota is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 8K people across 2 regions.

Script

Latin

Language tag

lkt-Latn

Speakers

Status

Living

Sample text

Wičháša

Wičháša na wíŋyaŋ otóiyohi iglúhapi na iyéhaŋyaŋ

Wičháša na wíŋyaŋ otóiyohi iglúhapi na iyéhaŋyaŋ wówažapi. Tȟaŋmáhel

Alphabet (87)

aU+0061 AU+0041 áU+00E1 ÁU+00C1

aŋ

AŊ

bU+0062 BU+0042 čU+010D ČU+010C

čh

ČH

čʼ

Čʼ

eU+0065 EU+0045 éU+00E9 ÉU+00C9 gU+0067 GU+0047 ǧU+01E7 ǦU+01E6 hU+0068 HU+0048 ȟU+021F ȞU+021E iU+0069 IU+0049 íU+00ED ÍU+00CD

iŋ

IŊ

kU+006B KU+004B

kȟ

KȞ

kʼ

Kʼ

lU+006C LU+004C mU+006D MU+004D nU+006E NU+004E ŋU+014B ŊU+014A oU+006F OU+004F óU+00F3 ÓU+00D3 pU+0070 PU+0050

pȟ

PȞ

pʼ

Pʼ

sU+0073 SU+0053 šU+0161 ŠU+0160 tU+0074 TU+0054

tȟ

TȞ

tʼ

Tʼ

uU+0075 UU+0055 úU+00FA ÚU+00DA

uŋ

UŊ

wU+0077 WU+0057 yU+0079 YU+0059 zU+007A ZU+005A žU+017E ŽU+017D ʼU+02BC

Auxiliary characters (24)

cU+0063 CU+0043 dU+0064 DU+0044 fU+0066 FU+0046

ȟʼ

Ȟʼ

jU+006A JU+004A ƞU+019E ȠU+0220 qU+0071 QU+0051 rU+0072 RU+0052

sʼ

Sʼ

šʼ

Šʼ

vU+0076 VU+0056 xU+0078 XU+0058

Combining marks (2)

◌́U+0301 ◌̌U+030C

Numbers (15)

-U+002D ,U+002C .U+002E %U+0025 +U+002B 0U+0030 1U+0031 2U+0032 3U+0033 4U+0034 5U+0035 6U+0036 7U+0037 8U+0038 9U+0039

Punctuation (21)

-U+002D –U+2013 —U+2014 ,U+002C ;U+003B :U+003A !U+0021 ?U+003F .U+002E "U+0022 “U+201C ”U+201D (U+0028 )U+0029 [U+005B ]U+005D @U+0040 *U+002A /U+002F &U+0026 #U+0023

Unicode blocks used

C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (Latin-1 Supplement)Latin Extended-A Latin Extended-B Spacing Modifier Letters Combining Diacritical Marks General Punctuation

Where it's spoken

United States, Canada

Notes

The 1982 orthography uses ƞ Ƞ and is used in some communities. The nasalization is indicated with ŋ Ŋ in the 2008 New Lakota Dictionary and is used by Sitting Bull College, Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, and schools in Pine Ridge and Rosebud