Subject Resources for

Wakashan Languages


Introduction

Untitled Document This subject guide lists selected information sources for Wakashan languages of the British Columbia First Nations.

Wakashan Languages Haisla, Heiltsuk/Owik'ala, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth

  • Wakashan Languages Yinka Déné Language Institute
  • Wakashan Language Family From the Native Languages of the Americas site
  • Wakashan Linguistics page Research on the Wakashan languages, including links and a comprehensive bibliography. From the University of Washington.
  • Wakashan bibliography in A Bibliography of Northwest Coast Linguistics, Anthropology and Archaeology by Brad Coon
  • Archives of Wakashan Listserv - searchable archive of the Wakashan language listserv from March 2003 -
  • Wikipedia entry for Wakashan Languages
  • Ethnologue entry for Wakashan Languages

  • Haisla (Variant names: )

  • Haisla Language Includes a comprehensive bibliography. By the Yinka Déné Language Institute
  • Haisla Language - From the Native Languages of the Americas site, with links to texts, vocabulary, and orthography examples
  • Ethnologue entry for Haisla
  • Phonology, dictionary, and listing of roots and lexical derivates of the Haisla language of Kitlope and Kitimaat, B.C by Neville J. Lincoln | Koerner Library PM1282 .L56 1986
  • Heiltsuk/Owik'ala (Variant names: Bella Bella, Oowekeeno, Owikyala)

  • Heiltsuk Language Includes a comprehensive bibliography. By the Yinka Déné Language Institute
  • Ethnologue entry for Heiltsuk
  • A practical Heiltsuk-English dictionary with a grammatical introduction / John C. Rath. | Koerner Library PM1321 .R3 1981
  • Oowekyala segmental phonology / by Darin Mathew Howe | Koerner microforms AW5 .B7 2001-611116, also available online to UBC patrons via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Kwak'wala (Variant names: Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwagiutl, Kwak'wala, Kwakiutl)

  • Kwak'wala Language Includes a comprehensive bibliography. By the Yinka Déné Language Institute
  • Kwakiutl Language - From the Native Languages of the Americas site, with links to texts, vocabulary, and orthography examples
  • Kwakiutl Language, Alphanet, and Orthography - Phonological inventory of Kwakiutl, with a sample text. From Omniglot
  • Ethnologue entry for Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Sketch of the Kwakiutl language by Franz Boas
  • Reversing Language Shift: Can Kwak'wala Be Revived by Stan Anonby Chapter 4 of Revitalizing Indigenous Languages
  • Kwak'wala Language includes a language sample, information on pronunciation, and a chart of Kwak'wala communities. From LanguageGeek
  • A practical writing system and short dictionary of Kwakw'ala (Kwakiutl) / David McC. Grubb | Koerner reference PM1641.Z5 G7 1977
  • Nuu-chah-nulth (Variant names: Nootka, Nutka, Aht, West Coast, Taataaqsapa)

  • Nuu-chah-nulth Language Includes a comprehensive bibliography. By the Yinka Déné Language Institute
  • Nuu-Chah-Nulth Language - From the Native Languages of the Americas site, with links to texts, vocabulary, and orthography examples
  • Nuu-chah-nulth - Learn our language - audio files of phrases, words, and alphabet
  • Nuu-chah-nulth Community Portal - First Voices site, with links to audio files
  • Nuu-chah-nulth Language includes a language sample, information on pronunciation, and a chart of Kwak'wala communities. From LanguageGeek
  • Ethnologue entry for Nuu-chah-nulth
  • The Study of Nuuchahnulth Grammar: Consequences for a theory of language
  • A concise dictionary of the Nuuchahnulth language of Vancouver Island compiled and edited by John Stonham | Koerner PM2031.Z5 S76 2005
  • Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) morphosyntax / Toshihide Nakayama | Koerner PM2031 .N34 2001
  • Subject Heading Nootka language
  • Ethnologue entry for Dididaht
  • Dididaht Language First Voices
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    5-Jan-2009

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