Heiltsuk
Appearance
Heiltsuk (also Bella Bella) is a dialect or a sublanguage of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that is spoken by a few Haihai and Bella Bella Native Americans around Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia.
Links
- The Heiltsuk-Oweek'ala Language (YDLI)
- Bibliography of Materials on the Heiltsuk Language (YDLI)
- The Wakashan Languages
Bibliography
- 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).
- Rath, John C. (1981). A practical Heiltsuk-English dictionary. Canadian Ethnology Service, Mercury Series paper (No. 75). Ottawa: National Museum of Man.
- 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.