Haisla language
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Name (Latin)
Haisla language
Other forms of name
Kitamat language
Kitimaat language
Kitimat language
See Also From tracing topical name
Wakashan languages
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British Columbia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3107399
Library of congress:
sh 87003583
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Lincoln, N.J. Phonology, dictionary, and listing of roots and lexical derivates of the Haisla language of Kitlope and Kitimaat, B.C., 1986.
- Ethnologue:p. 3 (Haisla, Kitimat, Kitamat)
- Voegelin lang.:p. 349 (Haisla, Kitamat)
- Waldman, C. Atlas of the No. Am. Ind., 1984:p. 38 (Haisla)
Wikipedia description:
Haisla (Haisla: X̄aʼislak̓ala / X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala, [ˈχaʔislakʼala]) is a First Nations Wakashan language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the village of Kitamaat. The name "Haisla" is derived from the Haisla word xàʼisla or xàʼisəla, meaning 'dwellers downriver'. The Haisla and their language, along with that of the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples, were in the past incorrectly called "Northern Kwakiutl". Haisla is currently spoken by several hundred people but it is considered critically endangered. Haisla is geographically the northernmost Wakashan language. Its nearest Wakashan neighbor is Oowekyala.
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