Hesquiaht dialect

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The Hesquiaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Hesquiaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hesquiaht dialect canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language variety
dialect
alsoKnownAs Hesquiaht Nuu-chah-nulth
alternateName Hesquiaht variety of Nuu-chah-nulth
associatedPeople Hesquiaht people
basicWordOrder verb–subject–object (VSO) tendency
broaderCategory First Nations languages of British Columbia
Indigenous languages of Canada
country Canada
countrySubdivision Pacific Northwest Coast
linked to: Pacific Northwest
culturalAssociation Hesquiaht culture
Nuu-chah-nulth culture
endangeredStatus endangered
ethnolinguisticGroup Nuu-chah-nulth peoples
governingBody Hesquiaht First Nation
hasAncestralLanguage Proto-Wakashan
linked to: Wakashan languages
hasSuperordinate Nuu-chah-nulth language
ISO639-3 nuk (shared with Nuu-chah-nulth)
languageBranch Southern Nuu-chah-nulth dialect continuum
languageFamily Wakashan languages
languageRevitalizationEffort Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council initiatives
community-based programs
languageStatus threatened
linguisticArea Northwest Coast Sprachbund
linguisticTypology polysynthetic language
locatedNear Clayoquot Sound
locatedOn Vancouver Island
morphologicalType polysynthetic
neighboringDialect Ahousaht dialect
Nuu-chah-nulth central dialects
Tla-o-qui-aht dialect
partOf Nuu-chah-nulth language
phonologicalFeature glottalized consonants
rich consonant inventory
uvular consonants
province British Columbia
region west coast of Vancouver Island
spokenBy Hesquiaht First Nation
spokenInCommunity Hesquiaht Harbour
Hot Springs Cove area
linked to: Hot Springs Cove
subgroupOf Southern Wakashan languages
linked to: Southern Wakashan
traditionalTerritoryOf Hesquiaht First Nation
usedIn ceremonial contexts
oral traditions
prayers
songs
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nootka language hasDialects Hesquiaht dialect
Nuu-chah-nulth language hasDialect Hesquiaht dialect
Ahousaht dialect closelyRelatedTo Hesquiaht dialect