Central British Columbia coast inlet, Douglas Channel head, near Kitimat
Ethnicity
1,680 Haisla people (2014, FPCC)[1]
Native speakers
240 (2014, FPCC)[1]
Language family
Wakashan
Northern
Haisla
Dialects
Kitamaat
Kitlope
Language codes
ISO 639-3
has
Glottolog
hais1244
ELP
X̄enaksialak̓ala / X̄aislak̓ala (Haisla)
Haisla is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
The Haisla language, X̄a'islak̓ala or X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala, is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the village of Kitamaat. This is 10 km from the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120 km fjord that serves as a waterway for the Haisla and for the aluminum smelter and accompanying port of the town of Kitimat.
The Haisla and their language, along with that of the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples, were in the past incorrectly called "Northern Kwakiutl".
The name Haisla is derived from the Haisla word x̣àʼisla or x̣àʼisəla, meaning 'dwellers downriver'.
Haisla is a Northern Wakashan language spoken by several hundred people. Haisla is geographically the northernmost Wakashan language. Its nearest Wakashan neighbor is Oowekyala.
^ abHaisla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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