<P> Dakota has two major dialects with two sub-dialects each (and minor variants, too): </P> <Ol> <Li> Eastern Dakota (a.k.a. Santee - Sisseton or Dakhóta) <Ul> <Li> Santee (Isáŋyáthi: Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ, Waȟpékhute) </Li> <Li> Sisseton (Sisíthuŋwaŋ, Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Western Dakota (a.k.a. Yankton - Yanktonai or Dakȟóta / Dakhóta, and erroneously classified, for a very long time, as "Nakota") <Ul> <Li> Yankton (Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋ) </Li> <Li> Yanktonai (Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna) <Ul> <Li> Upper Yanktonai (Wičhíyena) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ol> <Li> Eastern Dakota (a.k.a. Santee - Sisseton or Dakhóta) <Ul> <Li> Santee (Isáŋyáthi: Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ, Waȟpékhute) </Li> <Li> Sisseton (Sisíthuŋwaŋ, Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Santee (Isáŋyáthi: Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ, Waȟpékhute) </Li> <Li> Sisseton (Sisíthuŋwaŋ, Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ) </Li> </Ul>

What does dakota mean in the dakota language