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Kutenai language

Kutenai (ISO 639-3 code kut) is a language isolate spoken in Canada and United States. It has about 18 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as critically endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codekut
Glottocodekute1249
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaNorth America
CountriesCanada, United States
Speakers (estimate)18
EndangermentCritically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Kutenai

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.