Meaning of x̄á'islak̓ala | Babel Free

Definitions

Haisla language.

Examples

““All I really knew was that I wanted to work with x̄á’islak̓ala/our Haisla language. […] I also liked the idea of better documenting [Haisla] cultural protocols, beliefs and language by someone that has more of an inside perspective and that was raised within the culture,” said Metz.”

“Lisa Beading is run by Lisa Walker, with a creation focus on brightly coloured earrings. Each of her pieces is named with a x̄á’isla title, allowing Walker to gradually learn and reclaim her x̄á’islak̓ala language skills.”

“The Museum has a Haisla-English Dictionary on index cards—hand written and manually-typed x̄á'islak̓ala with corresponding English words. [...] One of the x̄á'islak̓ala speakers providing words may have been teacher, Elder, and knowledge keeper Ivy Maitland. Linguist Hein Vink, Netherlands, gathered words circa 1975-1980 during his time with x̄á'islak̓ala speakers.”

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