sioTechnical information about ISO 639 language code sio
The table below provides technical details for the Siouan languages language, designated by the sio code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Siouan languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Related languages | LakotaDakotaCrowOsageHo-Chunk |
| Key facts | Siouan represents a family of roughly twenty historically related North American languagesMost member languages are now endangered, some with only a handful of fluent speakersSiouan grammars are polysynthetic and verb-focused, using extensive affixation to mark person, number and aspectComparative work groups Siouan together with Catawban under the proposed Siouan-Catawban stockRevitalization efforts include community schools, online courses and the recently devised Osage syllabary. |
| Sample phrase | Hau, toníktuka he? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Siouan languages language, identified by the code sio, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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