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Heiltsuk-Oowekyala is a Northern Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language spoken in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken by the Wuikinuxv (Oweekeno) and Heiltsuk peoples. It has two dialects, Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) and Oowekyala (Wuikyala), which unlike other Wakashan languages are tonal. It has no traditional name, so the hyphenated construction Heiltsuk-Oowekyala is used by linguists. Ethnologue calls this language "Heiltsuk", with the Bella Bella dialect (Heiltsuk) labelled "Northern Heiltsuk" and the Oowekyala dialect labeled "Southern Heiltsuk".

Heiltsuk-Oowekyala
Region	Northern Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Ethnicity	2,530 Heiltsuk and Oowekyala people (2014, FPCC)[1]
Native speakers	60 Heiltsuk and 6 Oowekyala (2014, FPCC)[1]
Language family	Wakashan Northern Heiltsuk-Oowekyala
Dialects	Heiltsuk Oowekyala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hei
Glottolog	heil1246
ELP	Hailhzaqvla (Heiltsuk)
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Heiltsuk [ɦiɬtsʰaqʷ] is spoken by the Bella Bella [pʰəlbálá] and Haihais [xíxís] peoples; Oowekyala [ʔuwíkʼala] by the Wuikinuxv [ʔuwikʼinuxʷ].

Phonology

Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, like Nuxálk (Bella Coola), allows long sequences of obstruents, as in the following 7-obstruent word from the Oowekyala variety:

[t͡sʼkʷʼχtʰt͡ɬkʰt͡sʰ]  'the invisible one here-with-me will be short'   (Howe 2000: 5)

 : kxlqsłcxʷ - you struck a match for me [2]

Writing system

The spelling adopted by the Heiltsuk Education Cultural Center was designed by John C. Rath, linguistic consultant Heiltsuk Cultural Center in the 1970s and 1980s.[3]

Heiltsuk alphabet[4]

b

p

p̓

m

ṃ́

ṃ

m̓

ṃ̓

d

t

t̓

n

ṇ́

ṇ

n̓

ṇ̓

z

c

c̓

λ

ƛ

ƛ̓

ɫ

l

ḷ́

ḷ

l̓

ḷ̓

g

k

k̓

x

y

í

i

y̓

i̓

gv

kv

k̓v

xv

w

u

ú

w̓

u̓

ǧv

qv

q̓v

x̌v

ǧ

q

q̓

x̌

h

á

a

h̓

a̓

In Rath's spelling, the lambda letters λ, ƛ, ƛ̓ can be replaced by dh, th, t̓h if they are not accessible on the keyboard. The same is true of ɫ, which can be replaced by lh.[4]

Oowekyala alphabet [5]

a

b

c

c̓

d

dh

g

h

i

k

kv

k̓

k̓v

l

lh

l̓

m

m̓

n

n̓

p

p̓

q

qv

q̓

q̓v

s

t

th

t̓

t̓h

u

w

w̓

x

xv

x̌

x̌v

y

y̓

z

ǎ

ǧ

ǧv

əl

əm

ən

References

External links

• The Heiltsuk-Oweek'ala Language
• Bibliography of Materials on the Heiltsuk Language
• The Wakashan Languages
• map of Northwest Coast First Nations (including Oowekyala, described on the map as "Oowekeeno")

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).
• Hanuse, R., Sr.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (Eds.) (1983?). The Adjee and the Little Girl. Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Hilton, Suzanne; & Rath, John C. (1982). Oowekeeno oral traditions. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
• Howe, Darin. (1998). Aspects of Heiltsuk laryngeal phonology. Ms., University of British Columbia.
• Howe, Darin Mathew (December 2000). Oowekyala segmental phonology (PDF) (PhD). University of British Columbia.
• Johnson, S.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (1983?). What time is it? Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Johnson, S.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (1983?). Fishing at Rivers Inlet. Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Johnson, S.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (1983?). Qaquthanugva uikala. Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Johnson, S.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (1983?). Sisa'kvimas. Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Johnson, S.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (1983?). ’Katemxvs ’Wuik’ala. Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Johnson, S.; Smith, H.; & Stevenson, D. (1984?). Oowekyala words. Rivers Inlet, BC: Oowekyala Language Project.
• Lincoln, Neville J.; & Rath, John C. (1980). North Wakashan comparative root list. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
• 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. Canadian Ethnology Service, Mercury Series paper (No. 75). Ottawa: National Museum of Man (now Hull, Quebec: Museum of Civilization).
• Rath, John (1986). Heiltsuk alphabet (PDF). Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre.
• Stevenson, David. (1980). The Oowekeeno people: A cultural history. Ottawa, Ontario: National Museum of Man (now Hull, Quebec: Museum of Civilization). (Unpublished).
• Stevenson, David. (1982). The ceremonial names of the Oowekeeno people of Rivers Inlet. Ottawa, Ontario: National Museum of Man (now Hull, Quebec: Museum of Civilization). (Unpublished).
• Storie, Susanne. (Ed.). (1973). Oweekano Stories. (Special Collections: E99). Victoria: British Columbia Indian Advisory Committee.
• Windsor, Evelyn W. (1982). Oowekeeno oral traditions as told by the late chief Simon Walkus, Sr. Hilton, S.; & Rath, J. C. (Eds.). Mercury series (No. 84). Ottawa: National Museum of Man (now Hull, Quebec: Museum of Civilization).

На других языках

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- [en] Heiltsuk-Oowekyala language

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[fr] Heiltsuk-oowekyala

Le heiltsuk-oowekyala est une langue wakashane parlée par les Heiltsuks et les Wuikinuxv dans quelques villages côtiers proches de Bella Coola en Colombie-Britannique par 300 personnes en 1991[1]. Ses deux variantes principales sont le heiltsuk (Haíɫzaqvḷa, anciennement appelé bella-bella), parlé à Bella Bella et Klemtu, et le oowekyala (’Wùik̓ala), parlé à Rivers Inlet. Elles sont proches du haisla et du kwakwala, formant avec elles le groupe des langues wakashanes du Nord.

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[ru] Хейлцук-увикяла

Хейлцук-увикяла (Heiltsuk-Oowekyala) — северовакашский (квакиутлский) язык, на котором говорят народы увикино и хейлцук, проживающие на центральном побережье провинции Британская Колумбия в Канаде. Имеет два диалекта, хейлцук и увикяла, которые в отличие от других вакашских языков в характерной особенности являются тональными. Справочник Ethnologue называет этот язык как «хейлцук» с диалектом белла-белла, обозначенным как «северный хейлцук», и увикяла, называемый как «южный хейлцук».

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