Nootka language

E145272

The Nootka language, also known as Nuu-chah-nulth, is a Southern Wakashan Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, spoken traditionally by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of Vancouver Island.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nuu-chah-nulth language 3
Nootka language canonical 2
Ucluelet dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language
Southern Wakashan language
Wakashan language
endangered language
alternateName Nootka
Nuu-chah-nulth language
Nuučaan̓uɫ
closelyRelatedTo Makah language
Nitinaht language
country Canada
ethnicGroup Nuu-chah-nulth people
hasDialects Ahousaht dialect
Ditidaht dialect
Hesquiaht dialect
Kyuquot-Cheklesahht dialect
Mowachaht-Muchalaht dialect
Pacheedaht dialect
Tla-o-qui-aht dialect
Ucluelet dialect
linked to: Nootka language
hasNeighboringLanguages Makah language
Nitinaht language
hasOrganizationSupport First Peoples’ Cultural Council
First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
hasResourceType dictionary
grammar
language courses
orthography guides
ISO639-3 nuk
languageFamily Wakashan languages
linguisticTypology head-marking language
polysynthetic language
morphology complex verbal morphology
phonologyFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
rich consonant inventory
uvular consonants
region Pacific Northwest Coast
spokenIn British Columbia
Canada
Vancouver Island
status revitalization in progress
severely endangered
subfamily Southern Wakashan languages
linked to: Wakashan languages
traditionalTerritory west coast of Vancouver Island
usedFor ceremonial purposes
cultural education
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Sapir studied Nootka language
Chinook Jargon hasSubstrateLanguage Nuu-chah-nulth language
linked to: Nootka language
Chinook Jargon hasLexicalSourceLanguage Nuu-chah-nulth language
linked to: Nootka language
Chinook Jargon hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Nuu-chah-nulth language
linked to: Nootka language
Nootka Texts languageDocumented Nootka language
Nootka language hasDialects Ucluelet dialect
linked to: Nootka language