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.
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
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kutenai language