Ahousaht dialect

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language variety
Nuu-chah-nulth dialect
dialect
alternateName Ahousaht Nuu-chah-nulth NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ahousaht reserve communities
belongsTo First Nations languages of British Columbia NERFINISHED
Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast
closelyRelatedTo Hesquiaht dialect NERFINISHED
Tla-o-qui-aht dialect
other Nuu-chah-nulth dialects
country Canada
culturallySignificantFor Ahousaht First Nation NERFINISHED
endonymLanguage Nuu-chah-nulth NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ahousaht people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Clayoquot Sound area NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Wakashan language NERFINISHED
hasGrammarSimilarTo other Nuu-chah-nulth dialects
hasPhonologySimilarTo other Nuu-chah-nulth dialects
hasSpeakers Ahousaht community members
Ahousaht elders
hasType regional variety
historicallyOral true
languageFamily Wakashan languages NERFINISHED
languageOf Ahousaht cultural practices
Ahousaht oral history
Ahousaht songs
Ahousaht stories NERFINISHED
locatedNear Pacific Ocean coast of Vancouver Island
partOf Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED
province British Columbia
region west coast of Vancouver Island
spokenBy Ahousaht First Nation NERFINISHED
spokenOn Vancouver Island NERFINISHED
status endangered
subgroupOf Southern Wakashan languages NERFINISHED
subjectOf language revitalization efforts
traditionalTerritoryOf Ahousaht First Nation NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial speech
everyday communication
oral tradition
usedIn Ahousaht community
usedInEducation local language programs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Nootka language hasDialects Ahousaht dialect