Hesquiaht dialect

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The Hesquiaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Hesquiaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hesquiaht dialect canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hesquiaht Nuu-chah-nulth ⓘ
alternateName Hesquiaht variety of Nuu-chah-nulth ⓘ
associatedPeople Hesquiaht people ⓘ
basicWordOrder verb–subject–object (VSO) tendency ⓘ
broaderCategory First Nations languages of British Columbia ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
culturalAssociation Hesquiaht culture ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth culture ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nuu-chah-nulth peoples ⓘ
governingBody Hesquiaht First Nation ⓘ
hasAncestralLanguage Proto-Wakashan ⓘ
linked to: Wakashan languages
hasSuperordinate Nuu-chah-nulth language ⓘ
ISO639-3 nuk (shared with Nuu-chah-nulth) ⓘ
languageBranch Southern Nuu-chah-nulth dialect continuum ⓘ
languageFamily Wakashan languages ⓘ
languageRevitalizationEffort Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council initiatives ⓘ
community-based programs ⓘ
languageStatus threatened ⓘ
linguisticArea Northwest Coast Sprachbund ⓘ
linguisticTypology polysynthetic language ⓘ
locatedNear Clayoquot Sound ⓘ
locatedOn Vancouver Island ⓘ
morphologicalType polysynthetic ⓘ
neighboringDialect Ahousaht dialect ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth central dialects ⓘ
Tla-o-qui-aht dialect ⓘ
partOf Nuu-chah-nulth language ⓘ
phonologicalFeature glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
region west coast of Vancouver Island ⓘ
spokenBy Hesquiaht First Nation ⓘ
spokenInCommunity Hesquiaht Harbour ⓘ
Hot Springs Cove area ⓘ
linked to: Hot Springs Cove
subgroupOf Southern Wakashan languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Wakashan
traditionalTerritoryOf Hesquiaht First Nation ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
songs ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Nootka language → hasDialects → Hesquiaht dialect ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth language → hasDialect → Hesquiaht dialect ⓘ
Ahousaht dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Hesquiaht dialect ⓘ