Coeur d’Alene language
E496457
Interior Salish language
Native American language
endangered language
indigenous language of the United States
The Coeur d’Alene language is an endangered Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Coeur d’Alene people of northern Idaho in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coeur dʼAlene language | 1 |
| Coeur d’Alene language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4992820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coeur d’Alene language Context triple: [Salishan languages, hasLanguage, Coeur d’Alene language]
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A.
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language
The Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by the Kalispel and Pend d’Oreille peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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B.
Nez Perce language
Nez Perce language is a critically endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Nez Perce people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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C.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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D.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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E.
Nooksack language
The Nooksack language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nooksack people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coeur d’Alene language Target entity description: The Coeur d’Alene language is an endangered Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Coeur d’Alene people of northern Idaho in the United States.
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A.
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language
The Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by the Kalispel and Pend d’Oreille peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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B.
Nez Perce language
Nez Perce language is a critically endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Nez Perce people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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C.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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D.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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E.
Nooksack language
The Nooksack language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nooksack people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Interior Salish language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the United States ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Snchitsu’umshtsn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Snchitsu’umshtsn language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Coeur d’Alene cultural heritage ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
ceremonial language
ⓘ
vehicle of traditional stories ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
English language shift
ⓘ
boarding school policies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Coeur d’Alene Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | nominative–accusative ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
oral tradition
ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
community classes
ⓘ
tribal language programs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
head-marking
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | crd ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southern Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Colville-Okanagan language
ⓘ
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane language ⓘ |
| region |
Inland Northwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
curriculum development
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ language classes by Coeur d’Alene Tribe ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Coeur d’Alene Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | northern Idaho ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Coeur d’Alene people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy | Coeur d’Alene tribal government in some contexts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coeur d’Alene language Description of subject: The Coeur d’Alene language is an endangered Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Coeur d’Alene people of northern Idaho in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coeur dʼAlene language