Dorsey described their elaborate social system, with more than 53 terms for kinship relations and a dozen which had been forgotten, more than any other Siouan people he had visited and studied.
dˈoːɹsi dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ðɛɹ ᵻlˈæbɚɹət sˈoʊʃəl sˈɪstəm, wɪð mˈoːɹ ðɐn fˈɪfti θɹˈiː tˈɜːmz fɔːɹ kˈɪnʃɪp ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz ænd ɐ dˈʌzən wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn fɚɡˈɑːʔn̩, mˈoːɹ ðɐn ˌɛni ˈʌðɚ sɪwˈɑːn pˈiːpəl hiː hæd vˈɪzɪɾᵻd ænd stˈʌdid.