Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille

A language of United States

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

Location: Montana: Flathead Reservation; Washington: Kalispel Reservation.