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= Heiltsuk dialect = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Heiltsuk /ˈheɪltsək/, also known as Haíɫzaqv, Bella Bella is a dialect of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that is spoken by the Haihai (Xai'xais) and Bella Bella First Nations peoples of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, around the communities of Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia. Bella Bella is the headquarters of the Heiltsuk Nation government.

Heiltsuk Language and Culture Mobilization Partnership through Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2016 made it possible to have a collaborative partnership with University of British Columbia, First Nations and Endangered Language program travel to Bella Bella to create new opportunities, for writing, speaking, and reading one of which was the Heiltsuk Language Dictionary App https://mothertongues.org/heiltsuk/#/search .The Online dictionary has roughly 10,000 words to date. This Online dictionary is a huge step forward for Heiltsuk People as there are only a handful of fluent speakers remaining in the community. The other two parties involved were Bella Bella Community School, which offers Heiltsuk Language from K-12 and the Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre which was first established 20 years ago the Heiltsuk Cultural centre has been dedicated to protecting, researching, and revitalizing the language.

Heiltsuk is spoken in the villages of Bella Bella however over the last decade the number of fluent speakers of dropped signifcantly with only about 10-20 fluent speakers remaining. It is one of the four Northern Wakashan languages, the others being Haisla (spoken in Kitimaat), Oowekyala (in Rivers Inlet), and Kwakwala (in Alert Bay, Port Hardy, and various settlements).

Heiltsuk is considered to be a dialect of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, which, like neighbouring Haisla and Kwak'wala, are part of the Northern Wakashan language group. Heiltsuk has both conversational and ceremonial forms."

References[edit source]

 * 1) Jump up ^ Heiltsuk at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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 * 3) Jump up ^ William C. Sturtevant, 1978. Handbook of North American Indians: Northwest Coast
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 * 6) http://heiltsuk.arts.ubc.ca

Bibliography[edit source]

 * 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).
 * Howe, Darin M. (2000). Oowekyala segmental phonology. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Ottawa).
 * Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 * 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 with a grammatical introduction. Mercury Series paper, Canadian Ethnology Service, (No. 75). Vol. i & ii. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
 * Windsor, Evelyn W. (1982). Oowekeeno oral traditions as told by the late chief Simon Walkus, Sr. Hilton, S.; & Rath, J. (Eds.). Mercury series (No. 84). Ottawa: National Museum of Man.

External links[edit source]

 * The Heiltsuk-Oweek'ala Language (YDLI)
 * Bibliography of Materials on the Heiltsuk Language (YDLI)
 * The Wakashan Languages
 * Heiltsuk Nation Website
 * Heiltsuk Tourism Website
 * Heiltsuk information at LanguageGeek.
 * https://mothertongues.org/heiltsuk/#/search
 * http://www.hcec.ca/main.html