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