• Heiltsuk /ˈheɪltsək/, Haíłzaqvḷa, also known as Bella Bella and Haihais, is a dialect of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that...
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    The Heiltsuk or Haíɫzaqv /ˈheɪltsək/, sometimes historically referred to as Bella Bella, are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British...
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    of Bella Bella, British Columbia. The Heiltsuk people speak the Heiltsuk language, and were, like their language, and along with the neighbouring Haisla...
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  • Heiltsuk–Oowekyala is a Northern Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language spoken in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken...
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    was Waglisla, meaning "river on the beach" in the Heiltsuk language. Old Bella Bella, the Heiltsuk village site that is located south of the current village...
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  • Oowekyala (redirect from Wuikyala language)
    Ooweekeeno and ’Wuik̓ala in the language itself, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of Heiltsuk–Oowekyala, a Northern Wakashan language spoken around Rivers Inlet...
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    American mink (category Articles containing Heiltsuk-language text)
    lis'in Halkomelem Hul'q'umi'num: chuchi'q'un' Halqeméylem: ts'qáyex̱iya Heiltsuk-Oowekyala: kvənn̓à Haíɫzaqv: kvṇ̓á Hidatsa: nagcúa Ho-Chunk: jająksík Kaska:...
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  • The Heiltsuk are a First Nations people of British Columbia. Heiltsuk may also refer to: Heiltsuk-Oowekyala language, a Wakashan language spoken in British...
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  • Wuikinuxv (section Language)
    the language of the Wuikinuxv, is closely related to the Heiltsuk language, so much so that it is considered one of two dialects of a language named...
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    sometimes considered a separate language) Heiltsuk-Oowekyala (also known as Bella Bella) – about 200 speakers (2005) Heiltsuk dialect (also known as Bella...
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    is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved...
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    Klemtu (category Heiltsuk)
    Traditional languages spoken at Klemtu are the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, called Southern Tsimshian, and Xaixais, a dialect of the Heiltsuk language...
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  • Shearwater Heiltsuk people, formerly known as the Bella Bella, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast Heiltsuk language, their language Orchestre...
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  • from contiguous North Wakashan languages (especially Heiltsuk), as well as some from neighbouring Athabascan languages and Tsimshian. Nuxalk has 29 consonants...
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  • An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native...
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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...
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    Nuxalk (category Pages with Salishan languages IPA)
    Heiltsuk people's name for the Nuxalk as bəlxwəlá or bḷ́xʷlá, meaning "stranger" (rendered plxwla in Nuxalk orthography). Within the Nuxalk language,...
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    Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast (category Pages with Salishan languages IPA)
    language related to Heiltsuk, Wuikyala or Oowekyala (they are dialects of a language that has no independent name; linguists refer to it as Heiltsuk-Oweekyala)...
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  • and Queens Sound north of that. The name Kildidt comes from the Heiltsuk language, meaning "long inlet" or "long way inland." "Kildidt Sound". BC Geographical...
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  • An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...
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  • Bodwéwadmimwen, Bodwéwadmi Zheshmowen, or Neshnabémwen) is a Central Algonquian language. It was historically spoken by the Pottawatomi people who lived around...
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    It was used by speakers of English, Haida, Coast Tsimshian, Heiltsuk, and other languages. As a result of cultural contact between the Gwich'in (formerly...
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  • or Anishinàbemiwin) is either a distinct Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect. It is spoken...
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    or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The language is characterized by a series of dialects...
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    The Kutenai language (/ˈkuːtəneɪ, -i/), also Kootenai, Kootenay, Ktunaxa, and Ksanka, is the native language of the Kutenai people of Montana and Idaho...
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    i-NOO-pee-at), Iñupiatun or Alaskan Inuit, is an Inuit language, or perhaps group of languages, spoken by the Iñupiat people in northern and northwestern...
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    The Tsuutʼina language, or Tsúùtʼínà Gūnáhà (and formerly known as Sarcee or Sarsi),: 2  is spoken by the people of the Tsuutʼina Nation, whose reserve...
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    Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk or Plains Sign Language, is an endangered language common to various Plains Nations across...
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    (/ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/ SKWAW-mish; Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific Northwest....
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    The Blackfoot language, also called Siksiká (its denomination in ISO 639-3, English: /ˈsɪksəkə/ SIK-sə-kə; Siksiká [sɪksiká], syllabics ᓱᖽᐧᖿ), often anglicised...
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