How to write Dakota in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Dakota becomes ダコタ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ダ | da | |
| コ | ko | |
| タ | ta |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ダコタ・スミス for Dakota Smith.