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

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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

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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)