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'Wakashan' is a family of languages spoken in British Columbia around and on Vancouver Island.
As typical of the Northwest Coast, Wakashan languages have large consonant inventories—the consonants often occurring in complex clusters.
Wakashan consists of 7 languages:
I. Northern Wakashan
: 1. 'Haisla' (a.k.a. Xaʔislak’ala)
: 2. 'Kwak'wala' (a.k.a. Kwakiutl, spoken by Southern Kwakiutl, Kwakwaka'wakw people)
: A. Heiltsuk-Oowekyala (a.k.a. Bella Bella)
:: 3. 'Heiltsuk'
:: 4. 'Oowekyala'
II. Southern Wakashan
: 5. 'Makah'
: 6. 'Nitinaht' (a.k.a. Nitinat, Ditidaht, Southern Nootkan)
: 7. 'Nuu-chah-nulth' (a.k.a. Nootka, Nutka, Aht, West Coast, T’aat’aaqsapa)
Pre-contact distribution of Wakashan languages
'Wakashan' is a family of languages spoken in British Columbia around and on Vancouver Island.
As typical of the Northwest Coast, Wakashan languages have large consonant inventories—the consonants often occurring in complex clusters.
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Family division
Wakashan consists of 7 languages:
I. Northern Wakashan
: 1. 'Haisla' (a.k.a. Xaʔislak’ala)
: 2. 'Kwak'wala' (a.k.a. Kwakiutl, spoken by Southern Kwakiutl, Kwakwaka'wakw people)
: A. Heiltsuk-Oowekyala (a.k.a. Bella Bella)
:: 3. 'Heiltsuk'
:: 4. 'Oowekyala'
II. Southern Wakashan
: 5. 'Makah'
: 6. 'Nitinaht' (a.k.a. Nitinat, Ditidaht, Southern Nootkan)
: 7. 'Nuu-chah-nulth' (a.k.a. Nootka, Nutka, Aht, West Coast, T’aat’aaqsapa)
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