What languages were spoken by Sioux Indians?

Answer 1

The Sioux spoke French, English and their Native language which is Sioux ( which was named after them)

they speak sioux, which has 3 dialects- nakota, lakotah, and dakotah.

Answer 2

Today they speak English. Historically they spoke Kiowa (Khoiye or Kaegua). This is not closely related to any other language.

A few words in Kiowa are:

• kxai-hehn = a man
• khaw khaw = mother
• p'ah gaw = one
• yee - two
• pahn-owe = three
• yee-kiah = four
• tsah-doe = prairie dog
• sape = rain
• p'iye gyah =- summer
• mahyehn = woman
• gaw = and
• kee-dah = day
• own-tahn-daw = happy
• mahtaun = girl
• khoam = friend
• khaul-hehn-khee = buffalo meat

Answer 3

The Kiowa people speak:

1. English
   
2. Kiowa (less than 100 fluent speakers left)
   
3. Plains Sign Talk (believed to be currently spoken by less than 75 people)
   

Kiowa, also called Cáuijògà, is a Tanoan language spoken mainly in Caddo, Kiowa, and Comanche counties.

Plains Sign Talk, also called Plains Indian Sign Language, Plains Sign Language and First Nation Sign Language, was a trade language, that was once the lingua franca across central Canada, central and western United States and northern Mexico, used among the various Plains Nations. It was also used for story-telling, oratory, various ceremonies, and by deaf people for ordinary daily use.

Answer 4

Lakota Sioux. It was a dialect of Sioux. I know because I am leaning to speak Lakota Sioux.

Answer 5

English