Ktunaxa language

E466924

Ktunaxa language is an isolate Indigenous language spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, primarily in southeastern British Columbia and parts of the northwestern United States.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ktunaxa language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language
language
language isolate
alternateName Kootenai language NERFINISHED
Kootenay language NERFINISHED
Kutenai language NERFINISHED
culturalRole ceremonial language
language of traditional stories
marker of Ktunaxa identity
endangeredStatus severely endangered
hasCommunityOrganization Ktunaxa Nation Council language program
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars
dictionaries
text collections
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology
incorporation of nouns into verbs
hasMorphologicalType head-marking
polysynthetic
hasOnlineResource Ktunaxa language learning materials
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspirated and unaspirated stops
ejective consonants
rich consonant inventory
vowel length distinctions
hasRevitalizationEffort Ktunaxa language curriculum development
Ktunaxa language immersion programs
community-based language classes
hasSyntacticFeature flexible word order
use of particles for clause linkage
ISO639-3 kut
languageFamily language isolate
nativeName Ktunaxa NERFINISHED
region North America
spokenBy Ktunaxa people NERFINISHED
spokenIn British Columbia NERFINISHED
Canada
Idaho NERFINISHED
Montana NERFINISHED
Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

southeastern British Columbia
statusInBritishColumbia recognized Indigenous language
usedBy Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes NERFINISHED
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho NERFINISHED
Ksanka Band of the Ktunaxa NERFINISHED
Ktunaxa Nation NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kutenai language alternativeName Ktunaxa language
Kutenai (Ktunaxa) hasAlternativeName Ktunaxa language
subject surface form: Kutenai language