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- Kwakʼwala
ISO 639-3 · kwkkwk
Wakashan family
Kwakʼwala
Kwakʼwala is a language of the Wakashan branch, spoken in Canada. Wikidata counts about 500 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by the Kwakwakaʼwakw people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kwk- Glottocode
kwak1269- Family
- Wakashan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kwakʼwala |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kwakiutl, Kwak̓wala, Kwak'wala, Kwakwala |
| All speakers | 500 (2011) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Wakashan to Kwakʼwala
The branches above Kwakʼwala, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
6WakashanfamilykwkKwakʼwalalanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Canada
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