Spokane

SPO

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Spokan

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille ,.

Genealogy:

Salish
Interior
Southern
Kalispel

Demographics: 2 (Golla 2007). A few semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL).

Language Use: Language revival program is expanding to provide instruction at all grade levels in the reservation school (Golla 2007). Shifting to English [eng]. Older adults, 70 and older.

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.

Nation of Origin: United States