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Flathead-Kalispel-Spokane; Spokan; Montana Salish-Kalispel-Spokane; Flathead-Pend d'Oreille-Spokane; Montana Salish-Pend d'Oreille-Spokane; Spokane-Kalispel-Flathead; Npoqínišcn;
Salishan; Interior Salish
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Spokane-Kalispel is spoken in 3 major dialects: (1) Spokane dialect (It has only 2 fluent first-language speakers, a married couple in their 70s; (2) Flathead dialect (also known as Montana Salish) (about 60 fluent first-language speakers of Flathead, one in his 40s, another about 55, all others 65 or older). A sub-dialect is said to characterize Flathead speakers of Pend d’Oreille descent. (3) Kalispel dialect (a few speakers, information is scant). (Golla et al. 2008.)
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Speaker number data: 2000 census. Ethnic population data: (1977 SIL) Spokane [spo]: 2 (Golla 2007). A few semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL) (2013). Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille [fla]: 64 (2005 T. Pete), decreasing. 58 in Salish and Pend d’Oreille; 4 in Kalispel (2000 census). Ethnic population: 6,800 (1997) (2013).
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Northeast Washington, Kalispel Reservation; northwest Montana, Flathead Reservation.
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Northeast Washington, Kalispel Reservation; northwest Montana, Flathead Reservation.
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
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