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    Haida /ˈhaɪdə/ (X̱aat Kíl, X̱aadas Kíl, X̱aayda Kil, Xaad kil) is the language of the Haida people, spoken in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast...
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    a family of Native American languages that includes at least the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit languages. Haida was formerly included, but is...
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    Haida Gwaii (/ˈhaɪdə ˈɡwaɪ/; Haida: X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / X̱aayda gwaay, literally "Islands of the Haida people"), also known as the Queen Charlotte...
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    Council of the Haida Nation. The CHN recognizes the separate jurisdiction of the Kaigani Haida, in southern Alaska, who are members of the Haida Nation, but...
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    X̱aayda kíl, the language of the Haida people. The Haida Heritage Site is within the territory of the Haida people, who have lived in Haida Gwaii for at least...
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    namely Haida Gwaii in Canada and the southern Alexander Archipelago in the U.S. state of Alaska. In the Haida language, this species is known as daayáats’...
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    to conclusively disprove the Haida-inclusion hypothesis. Haida has been determined to be unrelated to Athabaskan languages. A symposium in Alaska in February...
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    Athabaskan languages. Sapir initially proposed a connection between Tlingit and Haida, but the debate over Na-Dene gradually excluded Haida from the discussion...
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    colonial actions against Haida Gwaii Authorities have been undertaken since the 19th century. The indigenous peoples of Haida Gwaii often reacted violently...
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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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    Hecate Strait (category Articles containing Haida-language text)
    Strait (/ˈhɛkɪt/; Haida language: K̲andaliig̲wii, also siigaay which means simply "ocean") is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii and the mainland...
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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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  • Edge of the Knife (category Articles containing Haida-language text)
    first feature film spoken only in the Haida language. Set in 19th-century Haida Gwaii, it tells the classic Haida story of a traumatized and stranded man...
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  • Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern...
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    independent language family, with four main languages: Coast Tsimshian, Southern Tsimshian, Nisg̱a’a, and Gitksan. The Tsimshianic languages were included...
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  • Algonquin language), generally grouped broadly as Northern Algonquin and Western Algonquin. Speakers at Kitigan Zibi consider their language to be Southern Algonquin...
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    translations into Native American languages § Haida (language isolate) Haitian Creole: Bible translations into creole languages § Haitian Creole Hakka: Bible...
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    Tlingit (category Articles containing Tlingit-language text)
    federally recognized Alaska Native tribes: the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe. The Tlingit have...
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    trade language based on Haida, known as Haida Jargon, was used in the 1830s in and around Haida Gwaii. It was used by speakers of English, Haida, Coast...
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  • can be divided into four separate families; the Eskimo–Aleut languages, Athabaskan, Haida, and Tsimshian. They all share similar characteristics, but have...
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  • Savage Indian Tribes of the Pacific Coast, and the Piratical Head-Hunting Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Toronto: Musson Book Company...
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    Nations throughout the region but are most prominent in the tales of the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit and Tahltan people. Raven and eagle are known by many...
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    Haida and Zuni in North America, Kanoê in South America, and Tiwi in Australia are all examples of language isolates. The exact number of language isolates...
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    Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast (category Pages with Salishan languages IPA)
    and adjoining inland areas of present-day British Columbia. The Haida people (/ˈhaɪdə/ HY-də) are well known as skilled artisans of wood, metal and design...
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    Moresby Island (category Articles containing Haida-language text)
    Moresby Island (Haida: Gwaii Haanas) is a large island (3,399.39 km2 or 1,312.51 sq mi) that forms part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known...
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    other Indic languages – 448,000 Ukrainian and other Slavic languages – 385,000 Swahili and other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa – 288...
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  • people of the "Gitxon" group who migrated from the land of the Haida people on Haida Gwaii first to Kitamaat and then to the Gitga'ata people, where...
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  • 639-3 language code for Haida. There are two individual language codes assigned: hax – Southern Haida hdn – Northern Haida hbs is the ISO 639-3 language code...
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    including Haida   (Haida + Tlingit + Eyak + Athabaskan) Nostratic–Amerind Paezan (Andaqui + Paez + Panzaleo) Paezan–Barbacoan Penutian   (many languages of California...
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    Athabaskan languages Catawban languages Eskimoan languages Iroquoian languages (Northern) Iroquoian languages (Southern) Muskogean languages Siouan languages Languages...
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