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Resources[edit]
An Ehattesaht iPhone app was released in January 2012. An online dictionary, phrasebook, and language learning portal is available at the First Voices Ehattesaht Nuchatlaht Community Portal.

In 1991, a dictionary titled Our World - Our Ways, t̓aat̓aaqsapa Cultural Dictionary compiled by anthropologist Jay Powell was released by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council . The Dictionary was made in collaboration with many fluent speakers of the language, covering eleven of the thirteen dialects, and the neighboring language Ditidaht.

In 2001, Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Morphosyntax by linguist Toshihide Nakayama was published. The morphosyntax is based off of the Ahousaht dialect of Nuu-chah-nulth. It has extensive descriptions of various parts of the grammar and morphology of the language, but the writing is very jargon heavy and may not be useful for learners lacking linguistic background. Nakayama also provided the morphological breakdown for Caroline Little's book, Nuu-chah-nulth (Ahousaht) Texts with Grammatical Analysis. Little's book is a compilation of Ahousaht stories with Nuu-chah-nulth on one page, and English on the other in corresponding lines. The book comes with two CD's, so readers can hear the pronunciation as they read.

Later, in 2005, linguist John Stonham released a dictionary he compiled and edited titled A Concise Dictionary of the Nuuchahnulth Language of Vancouver Island. The dictionary focuses primarily on the Tseshaht dialect but includes entries from other dialects as well as the neighbouring language, Ditidaht. This dictionary includes many of the language's suffixes and many of their uses, as well as place names local to Tseshaht.

There are several resources available on kwistuup.net, a site run by linguist and University of Victoria professor Adam Werle. On the site, resources can be found for several dialects. These resources include basic lessons, curriculum and audio recordings. There are more lessons like the ones on kwistuup.net available on ncnlessons.com which is run by Chuutsqa Rorick, a Hesquiaht community member and advanced learner.

hesquiahtlanguage.org is another resource, with additional lessons, audio, and a searchable PDF version of a dictionary made in 1911 by Belgian Catholic missionary Reverend Auguste-Joseph Brabant. Here is also found a scanned copy of the grammar Brabant created in 1910. While at the time it is not searchable, it is in the process of being digitized to a PDF, like the aforementioned dictionary.

As of September 2016, a free language class has been held weekly in Victoria, BC. The class focuses on the Hesquiaht dialect, but all are welcomed to begin learning.