Ditidaht dialect
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The Ditidaht dialect is a regional variety of the Southern Wakashan language spoken by the Ditidaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ditidaht First Nation government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous language revitalization in British Columbia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Makah language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Ditidaht identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| educationDomain | taught in local community schools ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
historical assimilation policies
ⓘ
residential school system in Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ditidaht people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ditidaht language (in community usage)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nitinaht (historical English name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | flexible word order ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | often grouped under Nuu-chah-nulth in coding standards ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southern Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | British Columbia ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Wakashan language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationMethod |
audio and video recordings of elders
ⓘ
community language nests for children ⓘ development of teaching materials ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community language programs
ⓘ
documentation and recording projects ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ditidaht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Vancouver Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
west coast of Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| status | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Nuu-chah-nulth–Ditidaht–Makah language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
community communication ⓘ cultural transmission ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
orthography with diacritics for phonemic distinctions ⓘ |
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