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Kwak'wala

Kwak'wala noun: wakashan language traditionally spoken by Kwakwaka'wakw people around Queen Charlotte Strait in Western Canada.

Noun

Kwak'wala

  1. (broadly) Wakashan language traditionally spoken by Kwakwaka'wakw people around Queen Charlotte Strait in Western Canada.
    • A new language immersion program is coming to a Vancouver Island elementary school — and no, it's not the typical Spanish or Mandarin language programs. It's Kwak'wala.
    • School District 72 recently gave the green light for the new pilot project in the Kwak'wala language and culture at Ripple Rock Elementary in Campbell River.2019 March 3, Clare Hennig, “New Indigenous immersion program launching to teach kindergartners Kwak'wala”, in CBC News
  2. (strict-sense) Dialect spoken by the Kwagu'ł.

Synonyms of Kwak'wala

Forms of Kwak'wala

alternative formKwak̓wala

Origin of Kwak'wala

Borrowed from Kwak'wala Kwak̓wala.

Questions about Kwak'wala

What does Kwak'wala mean?
Kwak'wala means wakashan language traditionally spoken by Kwakwaka'wakw people around Queen Charlotte Strait in Western Canada.
What part of speech is Kwak'wala?
Kwak'wala is a noun.

Words near Kwak'wala in the dictionary

  1. kwailos
  2. kwaito
  3. Kwaj
  4. Kwajalein
  5. Kwak
  6. Kwak'wala
  7. Kwakiutl
  8. Kwakiutls
  9. Kwaks
  10. Kwakwaka'wakw
  11. Kwakwaka'wakws

Source and license

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