Kwakʼwala (/kwɑːˈkwɑːlə/), or Kwak̓wala, previously known as Kwakiutl (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/), is a Wakashan language spoken by about 450 Kwakwakaʼwakw people...
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quandary posed by some phonological words is provided by the Kwak'wala language. In Kwak'wala, as in a great many other languages, meaning relations between...
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(IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ]), also known as the Kwakiutl (/ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl/; "Kwakʼwala-speaking peoples"), are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest...
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Laich-kwil-tach (also spelled Ligwilda'xw), is the Anglicization of the Kwak'wala autonomy by the "Southern Kwakiutl" people of Quadra Island and Campbell...
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Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan Ditidaht Haisla Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Kwakʼwala Nuu-chah-nulth Siouan Stoney Sioux Assiniboine other Beothuk Haida Kutenai...
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lambda from the Greek alphabet (λ). It is used in Heiltsuk, Liqʼwala, Kwakʼwala, and Pilagá. In these languages, Latin lambda represents a variety of...
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province's First Nations. One of the main Indigenous languages in BC is Kwakʼwala, the language of the Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations. BC's economy is diverse...
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northern Vancouver Island and the mainland. Kwakwaka'wakw translates into "Kwak'wala-speaking tribes." However, the individual tribes are single autonomous...
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in 1944) is a hereditary chief, politician, and lawyer. He carries the Kwak’wala name Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla. Hemas means “the Chief who is always there...
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Pentlatch (a.k.a. Puntledge, extinct) Qualicum Comox-speaking: K'omoks (Kwak'wala speaking today) Sliammon Homalco Klahoose Halkomelem-speaking Hulquminum...
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Kwakwaka'wakw artist Charles Joseph. Its title at this stage was Mixala, a Kwak'wala word meaning "to dream". This changed in 2016 when Peterson posted a video...
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Tsimshian, Estonian Swedish, Germanic dialectology, Hyam, Kiowa, Koasati, Kwak'wala, Mazatec, Nuer, Seneca, Shingini, Aguaruna À̱ à̱ A with line below and...
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Norway (Northern Norway) Kwakwaka'wakw Wakashan → Northern Wakashan → Kwak'wala Canada (British Columbia) Native American religion Kwaya Niger–Congo →...
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Xwalkw on the north side of the mouth of the Nimpkish River, which in the Kwak'wala language is called Gwani. Indian reserves under the governance of the...
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Heiltsuk. It is also closely related to Haisla and is also related to Kwak'wala, the most widely spoken of the Northern Wakashan languages. It is more...
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Canada, located a few kilometres up the Kingcome River (known as Gwa'yi in Kwak'wala) from the head of the inlet. Quaee Indian Reserve No. 7 is the Indian...
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Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan Ditidaht Haisla Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Kwakʼwala Nuu-chah-nulth Siouan Stoney Sioux Assiniboine other Beothuk Haida Kutenai...
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Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan Ditidaht Haisla Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Kwakʼwala Nuu-chah-nulth Siouan Stoney Sioux Assiniboine other Beothuk Haida Kutenai...
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(Kitlope) - X̄enaksialak̓ala dialect (spoken by the Henaaksiala/X̄enaksiala) Kwak'wala (also known as Kwakiutl and Lekwala / Liq̓ʷala, with four dialects, spoken...
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Hopetown (Kwak'wala: heǥa̱m's ) is an Indian Reserve community of the Gwawa'enux group of Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located on the south side of Watson Island...
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35% Abenaki (W Abenaki) Wôbanakiôdwawôgan Algic 86 (0.02) — Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) Kwak'wala Wakashan 85 (0.02) 24.71% Tututni (Rogue River) Dotodəni Na-Dené...
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Salish peoples. During the 18th century, a migration of Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwak'wala-speaking) people of the Wakashan cultural and linguistic group migrated...
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Kai are from the Lekwala or Southern Kwakiutl dialect of Kwak'wala. These name-forms in Kwak'wala are Weywakum and Wekayi. We Wai Kai Nation website "Hamatla...
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OBC KC (born March 23, 1971), also known by her initials JWR and by her Kwak’wala name Puglaas, is a Canadian lawyer, author, and former politician who...
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indigenous language, part of the Wakashan family, is Kwakʼwala. The name Kwakwakaʼwakw means "speakers of Kwakʼwala". The language is now spoken by less than 5%...
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Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. "Nimpkish" is an anglicization of the Kwak'wala name for the people of this area, the 'Namgis. List of rivers of British...
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northwest end of the Strait of Georgia at the City of Campbell River. The Kwak'wala name for the river, or for the village near its mouth, at Campbell River...
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a dialect of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, which, like neighbouring Haisla and Kwak'wala, are part of the Northern Wakashan language group. Heiltsuk has both conversational...
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Yuculta is from the Kwak'wala language of northern Vancouver Island and may refer to: Yucultas, a Southern Kwakiutl First Nations people of Campbell River...
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metres (5,223 ft), prominence 1047m, also known as Quay, Kwe or k'we in Kwak'wala, is a mountain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British...
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