Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)

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Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) is a Wakashan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples of coastal British Columbia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kwakwakaʼwakw 2
Kwakʼwala 2
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language ⓘ
Wakashan language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturallyAssociatedWith Northwest Coast art ⓘ
mask dances ⓘ
totem pole traditions ⓘ
endangeredStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kwakiutl people
hasAlternativeName Kwagiutl ⓘ
Kwakiutl ⓘ
linked to: Kwakiutl people

Kwakwakaʼwakw language ⓘ
hasDialects Bak̓wamk̓ala ⓘ
G̱uc̓ala ⓘ
Kwak̓wala proper ⓘ
T̓łat̓łasik̓wala ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationOrganization FirstVoices (online platform) ⓘ
Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre ⓘ
Uʼmista Cultural Centre ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch Franz Boas ⓘ
George Hunt ⓘ
M. Dale Kinkade ⓘ
Wayne Suttles ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kwk ⓘ
languageFamily Wakashan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
mainTerritory Johnstone Strait ⓘ
Queen Charlotte Strait ⓘ
northern Vancouver Island ⓘ
nativeTo British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
partOf Northwest Coast linguistic area ⓘ
region coastal British Columbia ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community language classes ⓘ
immersion programs ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ
school-based language programs ⓘ
spokenBy Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
subclassOf Northern Wakashan language ⓘ
usedIn potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
songs and dances ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
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.

Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) ⓘ
Kwakiutl people → language → Kwakʼwala ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Northern Wakashan languages → includesLanguage → Kwakʼwala ⓘ
subject linked to: Wakashan languages
linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Wakashan languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Kwakʼwala → spokenBy → Kwakwakaʼwakw ⓘ
subject linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Kwakʼwala → hasDialects → Kwak̓wala proper ⓘ
subject linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
linked to: Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)