Coeur d'Alene language
Encyclopedia
Coeur d'Alene is a Salishan
language spoken by only five of the 800 individuals in the Coeur d'Alene Tribe
on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in northern Idaho
, United States
. It is considered an endangered language
.
Salishan languages
The Salishan languages are a group of languages of the Pacific Northwest...
language spoken by only five of the 800 individuals in the Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Coeur d'Alene Tribe
The Coeur d'Alene are a Native American people who lived in villages along the Coeur d'Alene, St. Joe, Clark Fork and Spokane Rivers; as well as sites on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene, Lake Pend Oreille and Hayden Lake, in what is now northern Idaho, eastern Washington and western Montana.In...
on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in northern Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, United States
United States
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. It is considered an endangered language
Endangered language
An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes a dead language. If eventually no one speaks the language at all it becomes an "extinct language"....
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External links
- Hnqwa̱'qwe'elm—Coeur d'Alene language website
- Reichard's Coeur d'Alene Texts with a brief grammar overview