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
Nootka language canonical 3
Nuu-chah-nulth language 3
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 (7)

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
Kyuquot-Cheklesahht dialect → isVarietyOf → Nootka language ⓘ