Spokane

A language of United States

ISO 639: spo
Alternate Names: Spokan
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the late 2000s. Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL).
Location:: Washington: northeast.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation.
Classification: Salish, Interior, Southern, Kalispel
Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille [fla].
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Language revival program is expanding to provide instruction at all grade levels in the reservation school (Golla 2007).

Location: Washington: northeast.