Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
fla
Alternate Names
Nqlispélišcn, Salish, “Flathead-Kalispel” (pej.), “Kalispel-Flathead” (pej.)
User Population

64 (2005 T. Pete), decreasing. 58 in Salish and Pend d’Oreille; 4 in Kalispel (2000 census). Ethnic population: 6,800 (1997).

Location

Montana: Flathead Reservation; Washington: Kalispel Reservation.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation.

Classification
Salish, Interior, Southern, Kalispel
Dialects

Pend d’Oreille, Kalispel, Bitterroot Salish, Flathead.

Language Use

General communication among fluent elders with extensive code-switching to English [eng], prayers. Elderly only. Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Flathead dialect classes in some reservation schools and at the tribal college. Language camp in the summer. Kalispel Tribe has begun documentation and revitalization program (Golla 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Spokane [spo] is a coordinate language variety.