Kutenai

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
kut
Alternate Names
Kootenai, Kootenay, Ktunaxa
Population

100 in Canada (2011 census). Population total all countries: 106.

Location

Southeast British Columbia, Columbia Lake, Lower Kootenay, Saint Mary’s, Tobacco Plains. Also in United States.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Language isolate
Language Use

Shifting to English [eng]. Speakers 50 and older.

Language Development
Kutenai is offered as L2 course (1991). Retention efforts underway in most locations. Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kutenai
Writing
Latin script.

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