Wakashan languages

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שפות ווקשן
Name (Latin)
Wakashan languages
Name (Arabic)
اللغات واكاشان
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Indians of North America Languages
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British Columbia
Washington (State)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q60069
Library of congress: sh 85144848
Sources of Information
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 110 (B.C.)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 349 (B.C.)
  • Waldman, C. Atlas No. Am. Ind.:pp. 226-27 (B.C.)
  • The Wakashan linguistics page, via WWW, Oct. 6, 2006(Wakashan language family comprises 7 related languages spoken along coast of British Columbia, Vancouver Island & Olympic Peninsula of Washington State; Northern Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) languages: Haisla-Henaksiala (Kitimat, Kitimaat), Heiltsuk (Bella Bella, Heiltsuq), Oowekyala (Oowekeeno), Kwakwala (Kwakw'ala, Kwakiutl); Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) languages: Nuuchahnulth (Nuu-chah-nulth, Nootka), Ditidaht (Nitinat, Nitinaht), Makah)