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.

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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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Nootka language hasDialects Hesquiaht dialect