Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)

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Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) is a Wakashan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples of coastal British Columbia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kwakwakaʼwakw 2
Kwakʼwala 2
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language
Wakashan language
country Canada
culturallyAssociatedWith Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast art

mask dances
totem pole traditions
endangeredStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Kwakiutl people
surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples
hasAlternativeName Kwagiutl
Kwakiutl people
surface form: Kwakiutl

Kwakwakaʼwakw language
hasDialects Bak̓wamk̓ala
G̱uc̓ala
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kwak̓wala proper

T̓łat̓łasik̓wala
hasLanguageRevitalizationOrganization FirstVoices platform
surface form: FirstVoices (online platform)

Uʼmista Cultural Centre
surface form: Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre

Uʼmista Cultural Centre
hasLinguisticResearch Franz Boas
George Hunt
M. Dale Kinkade
Wayne Suttles
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology
polysynthetic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants
rich consonant inventory
uvular consonants
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order
ISO639-3Code kwk
languageFamily Wakashan languages
languageStatus endangered language
mainTerritory Johnstone Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait
North Coast of Vancouver Island
surface form: northern Vancouver Island
nativeTo British Columbia
Canada
Pacific Northwest
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
partOf Northwest Coast Sprachbund
surface form: Northwest Coast linguistic area
region coastal British Columbia
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
immersion programs
language documentation projects
school-based language programs
spokenBy Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw
subclassOf Northern Wakashan language
usedIn potlatch ceremonies
songs and dances
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

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

Indigenous languages of Canada includesLanguage Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Kwakiutl people language Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
this entity surface form: Kwakʼwala
Wakashan languages includesLanguage Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
subject surface form: Northern Wakashan languages
this entity surface form: Kwakʼwala
Wakashan languages ethnolinguisticGroup Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
this entity surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) spokenBy Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kwakʼwala
this entity surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) hasDialects Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kwakʼwala
this entity surface form: Kwak̓wala proper