Oowekyala
Northern Wakashan language of Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oowekyala /uːˈwiːkjələ/,[2] also Ooweekeeno and ’Wuik̓ala in the language itself, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of Heiltsuk–Oowekyala, a Northern Wakashan language spoken around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken by the Wuikinuxv, whose government is the Wuikinuxv Nation.
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Oowekyala | |
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’Wuik̓ala | |
Region | Northern Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada |
Ethnicity | Wuikinuxv people |
Native speakers | 6 (2014, FPCC)[1] |
Wakashan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | oowe1239 |
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The name is also spelled Wuikala, Wuikenukv, Oweekeno, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oowekeeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, Oowek'yala, Oweek'ala.