Kutenai language

People	Ktunaxa
Language	Ktunaxa,; ʔa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam
Country	Ktunaxa ʔamakʔas

Kutenai
Kutenai
Ktunaxa
Native to	Canada, United States
Region	British Columbia, Montana, Idaho
Ethnicity	1,536 Ktunaxa (2016 census)
Native speakers	345 (2010-2016)
Language family	Language isolate
Writing system	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

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

^ "Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. October 25, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
^ "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Kutenai". Ethnologue. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (August 2, 2017). "Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census - Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Other Aboriginal language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 Census – 100% Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Cite error: The named reference aljazeera was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Auld, Francis. "ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam". Facebook (in Kutenai). Retrieved June 22, 2017.

[1] "Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. October 25, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

[2] "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[3] "Kutenai". Ethnologue. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

[4] Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (August 2, 2017). "Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census - Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Other Aboriginal language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 Census – 100% Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 4, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[aljazeera-5] Cite error: The named reference aljazeera was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Auld, Francis. "ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam". Facebook (in Kutenai). Retrieved June 22, 2017.

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