Mowachaht-Muchalaht dialect
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The Mowachaht-Muchalaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Mowachaht and Muchalaht First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of Nuu-chah-nulth language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Mowachaht-Muchalaht Nootka dialect
NERFINISHED
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Mowachaht-Muchalaht variety of Nuu-chah-nulth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Nuu-chah-nulth peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Mowachaht people
NERFINISHED
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Muchalaht people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Nuu-chah-nulth dialects ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
ceremonial language
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oral tradition and storytelling ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageOf | Mowachaht-Muchalaht territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Northwest Coast of North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | nuk (macrolanguage Nuu-chah-nulth) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
glottalized consonants
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rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| region | Nootka Sound area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
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documentation and recording projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Mowachaht First Nation
NERFINISHED
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Muchalaht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Southern Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| syntacticType | head-marking ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | west coast of Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| usedIn |
potlatch ceremonies
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traditional place names ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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