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Wakashan is a family of languages spoken in British Columbia around and on Vancouver Island . As typical of the Northwest Coast, Wakashan languages have large consonant inventories—the consonants often occurring in complex clusters. FAMILY DIVISION Wakashan consists of 7 languages: I. Northern Wakashan : 1. Haisla (a.k.a. Xaʔislak’ala) : 2. Kwak'wala (a.k.a. Kwakiutl, spoken by Southern Kwakiutl , Kwakwaka'wakw people) : A. Heiltsuk-Oowekyala (a.k.a. Bella Bella) :: 3. Heiltsuk :: 4. Oowekyala II. Southern Wakashan : 5. Makah : 6. Nitinaht (a.k.a. Nitinat, Ditidaht, Southern Nootkan) : 7. Nuu-chah-nulth (a.k.a. Nootka, Nutka, Aht, West Coast, T’aat’aaqsapa) BIBLIOGRAPHY |