Coeur d'Alene language

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Coeur d'Alene
Snchitsuʼumshtsn
Spoken in: United States of America 
Region: northern Idaho
Total speakers: 5 (1999 R. McDonald)
Language family: American
 Salishan
  Interior Salish
   Southern
    Coeur d'Alene
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: crd

Coeur d'Alene is a Salishan language spoken by only five of the 800 individuals in the Coeur d'Alene Tribe on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in northern Idaho, United States. It is considered an endangered language.

[edit] References

  • Nicodemus, Lawrence (1975). Snchitsu'umshtsn: The Coeur d'Alene Language : a Modern Course, Albuquerque, NM Southwest Research Associates.

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