Hesquiaht dialect
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The Hesquiaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Hesquiaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hesquiaht Nuu-chah-nulth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateName | Hesquiaht variety of Nuu-chah-nulth ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Hesquiaht people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | verb–subject–object (VSO) tendency ⓘ |
| broaderCategory |
First Nations languages of British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Hesquiaht culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth culture ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Nuu-chah-nulth peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Hesquiaht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestralLanguage | Proto-Wakashan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuperordinate | Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | nuk (shared with Nuu-chah-nulth) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southern Nuu-chah-nulth dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRevitalizationEffort |
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council initiatives
ⓘ
community-based programs ⓘ |
| languageStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Northwest Coast Sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Clayoquot Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| neighboringDialect |
Ahousaht dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth central dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ Tla-o-qui-aht dialect ⓘ |
| partOf | Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
glottalized consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| region | west coast of Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Hesquiaht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCommunity |
Hesquiaht Harbour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hot Springs Cove area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Southern Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryOf | Hesquiaht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ prayers ⓘ songs ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.