Kootenay language
E473624
Kootenay language is an endangered Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kootenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kootenay language canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kootenay River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kootenay culture ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangermentCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ktunaxa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | kute1249 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
flexible word order
ⓘ
verb-initial tendency ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kut ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| name |
Kootenai language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kootenay language ⓘ Ktunaxa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kutenai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Algonquian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language programs
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ language classes in schools ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kootenai people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ktunaxa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cultural practices
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.