Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille
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| Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille | ||
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| Spoken in: | Washington | |
| Total speakers: | 200 | |
| Language family: | Salishan Southern Interior Salish Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | fla | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Kalispel-Pend d'oreille is a near extinct language spoken on the Kalispel Reservation in Washington and on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. Alternate names include Kalispel-"Flathead", "Flathead"-Kalispel, and Salish. Dialects include Pend D'oreille, Kalispel (Qalispé), Flathead ("Séliš") and Spokane {Npoqínišcn).[1]
In 1997, there were about 200 older adult speakers within an ethnic group of approximately 6,800 who had shifted to English.
[edit] References
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Kalispel-Pend D'oreille. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
[edit] Further reading
- Giorda, Joseph, and Gregory Mengarini. A Dictionary of the Kalispel or Flat-Head Indian Language. [St. Ignatius]: St. Ignatius print, Montana, 1877.
- Post, John A., and Brenda J. Speck. An Edition of Father Post's Kalispel Grammar. Missoula: University of Montana, 1980.
- Vogt, Hans. The Kalispel Language, An Outline of the Grammar with Text, Translations and Dictionary. Oslo: I kommisjon hos J. Dybwad, 1940.
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