Kwakwala | Ethnologue

A language of Canada

ISO 639: kwk
Alternate Names: Kwagiutl, Kwakiutl, Kwakwaka’wakw
Autonym: Kwakwala
Population: 170 in Canada (FPCC 2014). 500 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). Ethnic population: 7,310 (FPCC 2014). Total users in all countries: 350.
Location:: British Columbia province: north Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Campbell River, Cape Mudge, Da’naxda’xw, Dzawada’enuxw, Gwa’Sala-Nakwaxda’xw, Gwawaenuk Tribe, Klahoose, Kwakiutl, Kwiakah, Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis, Kwikwetlem, Mamalilikulla, Namgis, Qualicum, Quatsino, Tlatlasikwala, Tlowitsis Tribe.
Classification: Wakashan, Northern Wakashan, Kwakiutlan
Dialects: Gwawaenuk, Nakwala, Gutsala, Tlatlasikwala, Likwala (Liq’wala), Kwakwala. Related to Haisla [has] and Heiltsuk [hei].
Language Use: Older adults only. Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1882–1900.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kwakwala
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: British Columbia province: north Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland.