Siouan Languages

Siouan Languages This family of Indian languages was the largest linguistic stock on the Great Plains and Missouri River valley, but had splinter groups established in Wis., S.C., and southern Miss. Its major subdivisions are the languages of the Dakota ( Sioux), Crow, Mandan, Iowa, Hidatsa, Omaha-Osage-Ponca-Quapaw-Kansa, Winnebago, Yuchi, and Catawba Indians.