- Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille
Infobox Language
name=Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille
familycolor=American
fam1=Salishan
fam2=SouthernInterior Salish
region=Washington
speakers=200
iso3=flaKalispel-Pend d'oreille is a near extinct language spoken on the
Kalispel Reservation inWashington and on the Flathead Reservation inMontana . Alternate names include Kalispel-"Flathead", "Flathead"-Kalispel, and Salish. Dialects include Pend D'oreille, Kalispel (Qalispé), Flathead ("Séliš") and Spokane {Npoqínišcn). [cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=fla |title=Kalispel-Pend D'oreille |accessdate=2007-10-05 |author=Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) |date=2005 |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version]In 1997, there were about 200 older adult speakers within an ethnic group of approximately 6,800 who had shifted to English.
References
Further reading
* Giorda, Joseph, andGregory 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.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=fla Ethnologue: Kalispel-Pend D'oreille]
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