Wakashan is a family of languages spoken in British Columbia around and on Vancouver Island, and in the northwestern corner of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, on the south side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Page dedicated to the languages of the Wakashan language family, with links to information on each language and the American Indian people who speak it.

Nuu-chah-nulth is a Southern Wakashan language related to Nitinaht and Makah. It is the first language of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast to have documentary written materials describing it.

Wakashan is a family of languages spoken in British Columbia around and on Vancouver Island, and in the northwestern corner of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, on the south side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Quick Facts Geographic distribution, Linguistic classification ...

The meaning of WAKASHAN is a family of languages spoken by Indigenous peoples in coastal areas of British Columbia and northwest Washington.

Feb 23, 2021 · Nuu-chah-nulth, also known as Nootka, is Wakashan language historically spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound in British Columbia by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples.

Algonquian–Wakashan (also Almosan, Algonkian–Mosan, Algonkin–Wakashan) is a hypothetical language family composed of several established language families that was proposed in 1929. The proposal consists of the following: Kutenai may possibly be distantly related to the Salishan family, but this link has not been demonstrated.

The Wakashan language speakers are members of “First Nations” in North America who inhabited the region long before Europeans arrived and before the creation of the United States and Canada. Total number of speakers (estimated): 700 according to UNESCO. 800 according to the site ethnologue.com. Classification

Feb 19, 2025 · Wakashan Languages including Haisla, Heiltsuk/Owik'ala, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth

Wakashan is a family of languages spoken in British Columbia around and on Vancouver Island, and in the northwestern corner of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, on the south side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.