Haisla

E287348

Haisla is an Indigenous language of the Haisla Nation in British Columbia, Canada, belonging to the Northern Wakashan language family.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ
Northern Wakashan language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Heiltsuk-Oowekyala ⓘ
linked to: Heiltsuk

Kwakʼwala ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
documentedBy linguists ⓘ
documentedIn dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
endangeredStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicity Haisla ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people
governedBy Haisla Nation language policies ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Haisla (North Wakashan) ⓘ
linked to: Haisla

Haisla language ⓘ
hasDialects Kitamaat dialect ⓘ
Kitlope dialect ⓘ
hasDomain kinship terminology ⓘ
marine environment terminology ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
hasMorphology complex morphology ⓘ
hasPhonology contrastive glottalization ⓘ
long vowels ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
indigenousTo Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
ISO639-3Code has ⓘ
languageFamily Northern Wakashan ⓘ
languageRevitalization community-based language programs ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
school-based language instruction ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
partOf North Wakashan subgroup ⓘ
region Northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
spokenBy Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people

Haisla people ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
subclassOf Wakashan language ⓘ
usedIn Haisla ceremonies ⓘ
Haisla cultural practices ⓘ
Haisla oral traditions ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Northern Wakashan languages → includesLanguage → Haisla ⓘ
subject linked to: Wakashan languages
Kitimat → nearFirstNationCommunity → Haisla Nation (Kitamaat Village) ⓘ
linked to: Haisla
Haisla → hasAlternativeName → Haisla (North Wakashan) ⓘ
linked to: Haisla