Kutenai language
E105705
The Kutenai language is an endangered Indigenous language isolate traditionally spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kutenai language canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kootenai language
ⓘ
Kootenay language ⓘ Ktunaxa language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | unclassified language isolate ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangermentLevel | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Kutenai (Ktunaxa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ktunaxa
|
| hasCommunityOrganization |
Ktunaxa Nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Ktunaxa Nation Council
|
| hasDigitalResource |
language learning apps
ⓘ
online dictionaries ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
obviation system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationProgram |
community language classes
ⓘ
language immersion programs ⓘ school-based language curriculum ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
ⓘ
Ktunaxa Nation ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | flexible word order ⓘ |
| isNotPartOf | any known language family ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kut ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Kutenai (Ktunaxa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ktunaxa
|
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ktunaxa people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Montana ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Kootenay region
ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Mountains region
|
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.