| Language name: | KWAKW'ALA |
| UPSID number: | 6731 |
| Alternate name(s): | KWAKIUTL |
| Classification: | North American, Almosan |
| This language has | 48 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.224454915 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | b ph p' d th t' dj G ? ch gW kWh qWh GW qh kW' q' c' qW' tsh dz ts' dlF tlFh tlF' s hlF C X h xW XW E m n m* n* l* j* w* l j w i a u "@ O |
| Comment: | |
| Source(s): | Boas, F. 1911. Handbook of American Indian Languages. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 40, part I: 423-558. Boas, F. 1947. Kwakiutl grammar. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 37: 201-377. Grubb, D.M. 1977. A Practical Writing System and Short Dictionary of Kwakw'ala (Kwakiutl). National Museum of Man, Ottawa. Newman, S. 1950. Review of Boas' Kwakiutl Grammar. International Journal of American Linguistics 16/2: 99-101. |