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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Kootenai language 4
Kootenay language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
endangered language
language
language isolate
associatedWith Kootenay River region
linked to: Kootenay region

Kootenay culture
country Canada
United States
endangermentCause language shift to English
ethnicGroup Ktunaxa people
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
linked to: Kootenay language

Kootenay language
Ktunaxa language
Kutenai language
neighboringLanguage Algonquian languages
Athabaskan languages
Salishan languages
region British Columbia
Idaho
Montana
North America
Pacific Northwest
revitalizationEffort community language programs
documentation projects
language classes in schools
spokenBy Kootenai people
Ktunaxa people
status endangered
usedIn cultural practices
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kutenai language alternativeName Kootenay language
Ktunaxa language alternateName Kootenai language
linked to: Kootenay language
Ktunaxa language alternateName Kootenay language
Flathead language hasNeighboringLanguage Kootenai language
linked to: Kootenay language
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes hasTraditionalLanguage Kootenai language
linked to: Kootenay language
Kootenay language name Kootenai language
linked to: Kootenay language