Meaning of Híɫzaqvḷa | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Heiltsuk.

Examples

“The seven languages of the Wakashan family (qʷi·qʷi·diččaq, diitiidʔaaʔtx̣, nuučaan̓uɬ, ‘Uik̓ala, Híɫzaqvḷa, X̄a’islak̓ala-X̄enaksialak̓ala, and Kwak̕wala) are spoken in the Pacific Northwest Coast from qʷi·qʷi·diččaq territory on the Olympic Peninsula extending north across Vancouver Island to Híɫzaqvḷa and X̄a’islak̓ala territories bordering Tsimshian lands.”

“Through a memorandum of understanding signed in 2016, the Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre, Bella Bella Community School, and the First Nations and Endangered Languages Program at the University of British Columbia (ubc) are partnering in an effort to collaboratively create new opportunities for speaking, writing, and reading Híɫzaqvḷa (the Heiltsuk language) by expanding existing community language revitalization and cultural documentation in a digital environment. This collaborative mobilization of existing language recordings and archival and cultural resources has resulted in the release of a cross-platform Híɫzaqvḷa unicode keyboard and a beta version of a fully searchable online Híɫzaqvḷa digital dictionary.”

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