Heiltsuk language
E441679
The Heiltsuk language is a Northern Wakashan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Heiltsuk people of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Northern Wakashan language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Oowekyala language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Heiltsuk people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | heil1242 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bella Bella language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haíɫzaqvḷa NERFINISHED ⓘ Heiltsuk-Oowekyala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
ceremonial use
ⓘ
cultural knowledge transmission ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | verb-initial word order tendency ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | hei ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Heiltsuk-Oowekyala macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Wakashan languages ⓘ |
| languageOf | Heiltsuk Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| region | Bella Bella, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation and recording projects ⓘ school-based language programs ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Central Coast of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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