Kwakiutl (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Meaning 2
A Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Kwakiutl language is part of the Wakashan language family and is still spoken by some members of the Kwakiutl tribe in British Columbia.
- Linguists are working to preserve the Kwakiutl language through documentation and language education programs.
- Kwakiutl has several dialects, which are spoken by different communities and villages of the Kwakiutl people.
- The Kwakiutl language has contributed many loanwords to Chinook Jargon, which was a pidgin language used in the Pacific Northwest.
- Research on the Kwakiutl language has helped linguists better understand the linguistic history of the Pacific Northwest region.