Spokane

A language of United States

Spokan

No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the late 2000s. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL).

Washington: northeast.

9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation.

None known. Reportedly similar to Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille [fla].

Shifted to English [eng].

Dictionary. Grammar. Language revival program is expanding to provide instruction at all grade levels in the reservation school (Golla 2007).