{"id":218,"date":"2020-07-15T22:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T22:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/languagegeek.com\/lgwp\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2020-08-10T06:21:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:21:18","slug":"hai%c9%abzaqvl%cc%a3a-heiltsuk-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/languagegeek.com\/lgwp\/languages\/wakashan-languages\/hai%c9%abzaqvl%cc%a3a-heiltsuk-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Hai\u0301\u026bzaqvl\u0323a \/ Heiltsuk Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heiltsuk (ISO 639-3 hei) is a northern\u00a0Wakashan<\/a> language spoken mid-way up the Pacific coast of British Columbia. The writing system presented here is based on the practical orthography as shown in\u00a0Rath 1981.<\/a>\u00a0The current form<\/a> is used in Kitasoo and Bella Bella, with several modifications. It is a compromise of sorts between the linguistic and B.C.-style practical orthographies. Some its most notable features are: using\u00a0\u3008v\u3009\u00a0as a diacritic for rounded velars and uvulars, and the complex forms of vocalic nasals and resonants, like\u00a0\u3008\u1e43\u0313\u3009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian Census<\/a> counts 125 people with knowledge of Hai\u0301\u026bzaqvl\u0323a in 2016. According to Howe and Cook<\/a>, there are 200 speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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