Heiltsuk language

Heiltsuk language

The Heiltsuk language (pronounced: IPA|/ˈheil.ʦʊk/), also known as Bella Bella, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala language that is spoken by the Haihai (Xai-xais and Bella Bella First Nations peoples of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, around the communities of Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia. Bella Bella is the headquarters of the Heiltsuk Nation government.

Heiltsuk is considered to be a subdialect of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, which like neighbouring Haisla and Kwak'wala are part of the Northern Wakashan language group.

External links

* [http://www.ydli.org/langs/heiltsuk.htm The Heiltsuk-Oweek'ala Language] (YDLI)
* [http://www.ydli.org/biblios/heilbib.htm Bibliography of Materials on the Heiltsuk Language] (YDLI)
* [http://depts.washington.edu/wll2/languages.html The Wakashan Languages]
* [http://www.bellabella.net/ Heiltsuk Nation Website]
* [http://www.nalaadventures.com Heiltsuk Tourism Website]

Bibliography

* Boas, Franz. (1928). "Bella Bella texts". Columbia University contributions to anthropology (No. 5).
* Boas, Franz. (1932. "Bella Bella tales". Memoirs of the American Folklore Society (No. 25).
* Howe, Darin M. (2000). Oowekyala segmental phonology. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Ottawa).
* Mithun, Marianne. (1999). "The languages of Native North America". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN (hbk); ISBN-X.
* Poser, William J. (2003). The status of documentation for British Columbia native languages. Yinka Dene Language Institute Technical Report (No. 2). Vanderhoof, British Columbia: Yinka Dene Language Institute.
* Rath, John C. (1981). "A practical Heiltsuk-English dictionary with a grammatical introduction". Mercury Series paper, Canadian Ethnology Service, (No. 75). Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
* Windsor, Evelyn W. (1982). "Oowekeeno oral traditions as told by the late chief Simon Walkus, Sr." Hilton, S.; & Rath, J. (Eds.). Mercury series (No. 84). Ottawa: National Museum of Man.


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