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Name: Teton

Type: Dialect

Alternate Names: Lakota; Lakhota

Spoken in: USA, Canada

Number of speakers: 6,200 in United States (1997 R. Pustet), decreasing. Not listed in US Census (2000) possibly included with Dakota [dak]. Population total all countries: 6,390. Ethnic population: 20,000 (1987 SIL and 1997 R. Pustet). 103,255 ethnic Sioux in USA (1990 Census Bureau) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 6000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: lkt

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Siouan-Catawban (Siouan)

Parent Language: Sioux; Dakota; Santee (dak)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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