Nootka
E530446
Nootka is another name for the Nuu-chah-nulth language, a Wakashan language traditionally spoken by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wakashan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName | Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ditidaht language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Makah language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | nuuc1236 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ pitch accent or stress-based prosody ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
incorporation of nouns into verbs
ⓘ
rich system of aspect and modality ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish |
Nootka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
labialized consonants
ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| isDocumentedBy | linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| isDocumentedIn | grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | nuk ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Southern Wakashan branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
community language classes
ⓘ
some schools in Nuu-chah-nulth communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| region |
Northwest Coast of Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| spokenOn | Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Wakashan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Barkley Sound region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nootka Sound region NERFINISHED ⓘ west coast of Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
everyday communication within communities ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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