Kutenai language
The Kutenai language (/ˈkuːtəneɪ, -i/), also Kootenai, Kootenay, Ktunaxa, and Ksanka, is the native language of the Kutenai people of Montana and Idaho in the United States and British Columbia in Canada. It is typically considered a language isolate, unrelated to the Salishan family of languages spoken by neighboring tribes on the coast and in the interior Plateau. The Kutenai also speak ʔa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam, Ktunaxa Sign Language.
| Kutenai | |
|---|---|
| Ktunaxa | |
| Native to | Canada, United States |
| Region | British Columbia, Montana, Idaho |
| Ethnicity | 1,536 Ktunaxa (2016 census) |
Native speakers | 345 (2010-2016) |
| Latin (Kutenai alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kut |
| ISO 639-3 | kut |
| Glottolog | kute1249 |
| ELP | Ktunaxa |
Kutenai language | |
Kutenai is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
| People | Ktunaxa |
|---|---|
| Language | Ktunaxa, ʔa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam |
| Country | Ktunaxa ʔamakʔas |
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